Unai Emery will be backed in the January transfer market with Aston Villa set to take their spending since promotion close to the £500million mark.
Villa, who are owned by billionaires Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, appointed the Spaniard to replace Steven Gerrard and he takes charge of his first game, against Manchester United at Villa Park.
Since promotion in 2019, Villa have spent about £414m on players, though they did sell Jack Grealish to Manchester City for £100m last year. But Emery will be granted funds when the market re-opens with a winger high on the list of targets.