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Christian Purslow has revealed the details behind Aston Villa’s whopping summer spending spree.

The claret and blues sealed their return to the Premier League in May and attacked the summer transfer market to sign 12 new players.

Head coach Dean Smith needed to replace senior stars such as Mile Jedinak, Glenn Whelan and Albert Adomah who were released at the end of last season.

Villa have done just that with 12 additions including the £22million club record capture of Brazilian forward Wesley Moraes from Club Brugge.

Only Manchester United, who signed Harry Maguire for £80million, have spent more than Villa in the Premier League this summer.

And chief executive Purslow has explained the club’s outlay during an in-depth interview on Sky Sports news this evening.

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He said: “On the 12 signings we actually spent £127million of fixed fees. The difference of £127m and £144m (reported figure) I suspect is your estimates of the so-called add-ons or bonuses.

“What they typically are are additional payments that Aston Villa might pay, for example, to Bournemouth if Tyrone Mings makes 100 appearances in the Premier League. They’re a standard feature of most transfers but the idea is that they’re performance-based. But £127m is the figure which is an average of £10m per player.”

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