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Villa missed out on Champions League qualification by goal difference, a marginal miss with major consequences. Speaking on The Athletic FC Podcast, Villa reporter Jacob Tanswell laid it out clearly: “Villa managed to total £100million from this season’s Champions League participation… not having that is going to leave a hole in the budget.”

Aside from becoming the first team outside of the traditional ‘Big Six’ to qualify for the Champions League in successive seasons, Villa will lose out on a minimum of £30million in income, potentially rising upwards of £100m.

The final day of the Premier League season often ends with thoughts about what might have been if that one moment had broken their way. Rarely, though, does regretfulness and frustration come with the immediacy that it does for Aston Villa,