Unai Emery insists transfer deals between Villa and Chelsea are purely about business

[p]The clubs have agreed eight ‌permanent or loan deals over the past ‌four years, more than any other two Premier League teams.[/p][p]"[b]Good relations? They want ‌to kill us and we ⁠want to ‌kill them[/b]," Emery told reporters on Sunday.[/p][p]"[b]It's ​not a good relationship, it's a deal for money and a ​deal for players. I am happy for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-emiliano/ziCcc5jM/"]Emiliano Martinez[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-morgan/lp4jm80n/"]Morgan Rogers[/a] and ⁠I know ​I am not happy for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a][/b]."[/p][p]The flow of transfers began after the consortium BlueCo took control of Chelsea in 2022.[/p][image alt="Rogers' Premier League stats last season" id="526a47ff-f425-4783-9f7f-5481948da08f" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="debac240-a44a-4395-9cc8-555e5adb013b" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]England ‌midfielder Rogers joined Chelsea in a reported £117 million ($158 million) move, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garnacho-alejandro/jqrfFKsi/"]Alejandro Garnacho[/a] was loaned to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] with a conditional obligation for the transfer to become permanent next year.[/p][p]Striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jackson-nicolas/jXg8d5RJ/"]Nicolas Jackson[/a] then joined Villa and goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez completed his switch to Stamford ‌Bridge.[/p][p]British media reported that Chelsea have ​spent more than £160 million on ‌Villa players since 2022, while Villa have paid around £102 million for players moving in the other direction.[/p][p]Villa host champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] in the Premier League ⁠on Monday.[/p]