Window a 'killer' for Villa

EZRI KONSA has admitted Aston Villa have been "killed" by the transfer window.

- by JOHN CROSS

And the England defender even confessed he could not bear to watch deadline day unfold because he did not want to see the squad being ripped apart.

Villa were forced to sell homegrown prospect Jacob Ramsey for £43m to help balance the books and fall into line with the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules, along with UEFA’s even stricter squad cost ratios.