. "That reduced by ??36m the huge loss made in 2010-11, but Villa achieved it by cutting the wage bill and selling players.Villa's income fell in 2011-12 by ??11.6m, 12.6%, to ??80m, and average home crowds dropped by 3,500 to 33,873 as Villa slumped to 16th place in the Premier League under the unpopular management of Alex McLeish.In the summer of 2011, Villa sold players including Ashley Young to M" . . .