THE PLAN
hevy Chase could’ve done a better job of arranging a than Aston Villa over the past 12 years. The national lampooning since the Villans last enjoyed some continental competition in August 2010 has included relegation humiliation and the ridiculous Tony Xia era turning the former European Cup winners into a (justifiable) laughing stock. Yet, after more than a decade to forget, Villa are demanding to be taken seriously again. Highly rated French defensive midfielder Boubacar Kamara (above) and Sevilla’s 2019-20 Europa Leaguewinning centre-back Diego Carlos, like Philippe Coutinho, have been wowed by the Steven Gerrard factor. Villa might win the best-of-the-rest transfer window, but