Aston Villa chief Damian Vidagany has hit out at a Premier League fixture list that sees the club play two games away from home in the space of four days.
On Tuesday Villa take on Arsenal at Emirates Stadium – three days after winning at Chelsea. They will also have played Arsenal twice before they have even taken on Nottingham Forest, who visit Villa Park on January 3.
Villa boss Unai Emery said he could not understand why the fixtures had been arranged this way but writing on X, Villa director of football Vidagany – one of Emery’s closest allies in the game – went much further, appearing to hint that the quirk favours some of the wealthier clubs.