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Again, that's irrelevant, I don't think anyone is disputing that Villa has a much better record. But Fenway are all about buying for the future, and in 5 years time, at the age of 35 Villa will be worth fuck all. Carroll will probably be worth at least £15M, so even if he's shit they can make some money back.

Fenway are not about buying for the future, although that fits perfectly with Liverpool's latent attitudes if they were, but instead have a policy of buying young players with a view that they'll recoup the transfer fee paid at a later date, if not make more money, rather than spend large amounts on transfers for established players who then have no resale value.