I'm a massive fan, but there's absolutely no chance he's worth 100m. This will only end badly.
Grealish To City? | City bid £100M
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Its probably true. Everyone has been reporting a bid is imminent.
Well, if you are going to spend big, at least splash it on a generational talent.
Money is no object to them. As long as he plays well and improves them the fee paid is irrelevant at that stage.
Itl be hard for villa to say no to that if its true.
He'd be a brilliant signing for them, one of the most productive players in the league despite missing 3 months of the season, nigh on impossible to get off the ball without fouling which is scary given the amount of possession they have within 35 yards of the opposition goal. I guess you've just got to hope he realises he already plays for a considerably bigger club than them and wants to stay until a proper club comes in for him.
He’s only going to be the record PL signing for three weeks anyway - won’t be that much pressure on him - all eyes will be on Kane.
If city had convinced Sancho to stay, there wouldn’t have been a need for city to move for Grealish. Instead they could’ve focused on Kane. I’d much rather them blow their load on Grealish.
Wait a couple of weeks and they will top that with a higher bid for Kane.All these years people kept repeating nonsense like 'How city won't pay big money for one player"
I honestly don't see why Villa would say yes, they've already spent some money, if they sell they have no chance of attracting better players. Villa should say his price will only go up next year and he's got 4 years on his contract. He'll stay.
They will go for both, just need to sell some squad players
We've signed the better, younger player for less 
Cause they arent one of top clubs, no offense but financially they don’t compare with the big clubs. £100m is huge even for a club like United or City let alone for Villa. They will take that money.
100%. I think Sancho has much more upside than Grealish and is 5 years his junior.We've signed the better, younger player for less
Is FFP still a thing? Will this deal effectively mean they can't sign Kane this summer?
The problem is the usual clubs who would be in for Jesus or Silva are financially strapped. Maybe it’s just blind optimism, but I only see them getting one of Kane or Grealish this season.
no. FFP is dead.
If they're buying him to rotate with Gundogan as is being rumoured, this move will only end badly for Grealish.
Thought as much. Not as if City don't get creative with their accounting anyway. Dirty club.
Still under investigation from PL.
City on cheat mode unfortunately, just when we think we going to close that gap, they'll go sign top players. Annoying
Doubt he would be the player he is if he stayed.
Don’t know about that when you see how well Foden has played. Just imagine the shoe on the other foot: United lose Greenwood as a 17 year old to Dortmund only for him to come back to city and then for us to go sign a £100 million plus for a similar player. The ABUs would be having a field day.
This 100%. I think city is a poor fit for him and his playing style. I think us and sadly the scousers would be a better fit.
They're under investigation for misleading accounts, but it doesn't mean FFP is alive.
They'll spend what they like this window, even if they get a ban in the future they'll be set anyway.
It's just like Chelsea, when they knew they were getting a ban they just spent double
Playing him instead of any other City's attacking players is like replacing Pepsi with Coca cola. I'd be more worried if he joins a top 5 club that'd receive a massive boost because they sign him. For city? meh. Okay he will score goals but so will their other existing forwards.
I don't think FFP will be stood up in any court case. So why they are struggled to implement strong punishments.
Its a lot of money, and maybe right now they don't compare to the big clubs, but Villa are loaded.
Kane's 100% not going anywhere this summer.
Will be interesting to see if the FFP and the recent football leaks info that came out has any impact on City breaking there transfer record for a player or not... While I'm convinced Kane isn't going anywhere, I have no idea how the Grealish deal will pan out.
If Bernardo Silva stays and Villa demand 90 million then I can see City walking away from this one tbh.
Good player, vastly overrated by the media, but still a damn good player.
What boggles me is that City look to need a striker more than they need Jack. Don't think they can go into the season with Jesus only.
What boggles me is that City look to need a striker more than they need Jack. Don't think they can go into the season with Jesus only.
They played Ferran Torres as a false 9 with decent success last season, I suspect they'll do the same.
City's best results actually came without Jesus in the side most of the time.
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it's dead, but people also need to realize that City unfortunately make a shite ton of money by offloading fringe players. They've bagged over £40m already this summer for Angelino, Harrison, Nmecha and Ilic, plus another £10m or so for their Sancho sell-on clause. So outside of their obvious cheat code, they can also balance their official books a bit.
I like him but the second we signed Bruno meant Grealish was essentially off the table. Rashford is our LW, Bruno is our 10. Sancho was the RW we needed who can play both flanks to get Greenwood on the right occasionally too. Signing Bruno also effectively replaced Pogba, and Sancho further solidified that. I know people want to shoe horn them all in, but it just doesn't work IMO.
They are going after Kane after they’ve signed Grealish.
Technically it might not be FFP, but the charges are for majorly inflating the sponsorship deal , where their owners paid half the amount or something like that.They're under investigation for misleading accounts, but it doesn't mean FFP is alive.
They'll spend what they like this window, even if they get a ban in the future they'll be set anyway.
It's just like Chelsea, when they knew they were getting a ban they just spent double
While the outcome is very unsure and it happened many years ago it is something at least.
Makes me sad, this guy really should be a United player.
Perhaps they aren't a top club but you don't become a top club selling your star player, Villas owners are wealthier than Utds, they definitely don't need the money, they are regularly spending lots of money,
They might get a transfer ban and worst case maybe some titles stripped away?
I can't see how that will effect them now though. IF they want Kane and Grealish they'll do it this summer.
News is they've offered Villa 100m
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Grealish tweeting this on Utd v City Derby night in 2012. This will go down well.
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