O'Leary paying price for past spending

David O’Leary believes he is paying the price for Aston Villa’s past spending sprees on the likes of Stan Collymore, David Ginola and Alpay.

O’Leary is having to try to bolster his squad with value-for-money signings like Mathieu Berson, who is expected to join Villa in a £1.5m (€2.3m) deal from Nantes in the next few days.