He must have been playing against us today and thinking ‘yeh, I’d love to be a part of that’. I’d take him for no more than 40 mill, if that. But I’d rather us go for Sancho and a CB first. (Well a CB if we can get rid of one or two PLUS we actually bring in quality)
Jack Grealish / signs new 5 year contract
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He is surrounded by absolute garbage. He is a very good player.
Maybe I've not seen enough, I didn't see anything that special tonight. No better than Fred or Mata as CM or CAM.
If we do sign him, we are lucky he wasn't great tonight. Maybe worth a punt at around £30m with add ons upto £50m.
Grealish > Pereira > Lingard at the end of the day......
Do not want
On the telly he does look odd, his shorts seem very tight, just tell the kit man to give you the next size up Jack!
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Very harsh to judge him on tonight’s performance. Pre lockdown he was carrying the whole team on his back and I saw a stat somewhere that he’s the second most creative player in Europe.
It's a Villa thing must be. McGinn was similar. I was wondering ,,are you boys trying to scare the opposition with your bulging thighs??
Hes put in some good numbers this season given what he has around him. Villa are shite.
Don't see a place for him here though. Would he want to be sub? Probably not.
Don't think we will go for him if pogba signs his new deal either.
Don't see a place for him here though. Would he want to be sub? Probably not.
Don't think we will go for him if pogba signs his new deal either.
I saw nothing today that suggest we should be on for him, let alone spend 50M.
His shorts are the same as all the Villa players. McGinn, Douglas, Hause etc all wear their shorts the same way.
That stat isn't true. I checked and two players in Serie A have higher totals than him and several with higher key pass per game ratio. That was just looking at Serie A as an example.
Emiliano Buendía is only 2 key passes short of equaling Grealishs numbers this season having played 500mins less for the worst team in the PL (Norwich).
Ah right. Still Grealish has a really unique and rare skillset for an English player that I think a lot of people are overlooking and undervaluing here. He's not been great for the last few matches though. He's an Iniesta type player, something we don't have in the squad as Bruno, Rashford etc are a little more direct.
Totally agree . I've never seen the fascination with Grealish. He's a good player but he isn't what we need . We are trying to play a high tempo attacking game and he just doesn't fit that for me .
As a back up number 10 then yeah maybe but I wouldn't be paying over 30 mil for him
That's not actually true. He specifically asks the Villa kitman for kids shin pads and tight shorts and they allow it for him.
Makes him look like a bit of douche but apparently he's a great character.
I'll be real, I don't see the fuss. He's good and clearly a level above Villa, but i've watched him several times this season and although he stands out for Villa that doesnt really say much. Perhaps im catching him on his bad days dunno. He's certainly got worse as the season has progressed thats for sure.
Is he really worth the money that's being mentioned? £70-80m?
Admittedly I haven't watched him closely all season but the handful of games I've seen he seems good but not top 4 kind of good. Add to that if Villa get relegated his value should drop as they'll need the money.
Sell Pereira + Lingard + Mata for a combined £50m and offer that to Villa. I wouldn't go past £55m.
Admittedly I haven't watched him closely all season but the handful of games I've seen he seems good but not top 4 kind of good. Add to that if Villa get relegated his value should drop as they'll need the money.
Sell Pereira + Lingard + Mata for a combined £50m and offer that to Villa. I wouldn't go past £55m.
He stroked the kit from Aston Villa’s u14 team the fecking weirdo.
Yeah, RW, CB, and a long term Matic replacement is much more important right now than this guy. If we're that concerned about covering Pogba and Fernandes we should look for an Ighalo-esque signing in the sense they are solid and reliable but also don't cost much. Spending a decent chunk of our budget on someone who would be a rotational player wouldn't be smart.
Has some skill for sure, but not enough to take us up a level like Bruno has or like signing Sancho would.
Has some skill for sure, but not enough to take us up a level like Bruno has or like signing Sancho would.
People judging him on today’s performance are being unfair. His team is shit. There is only so much you CAN do. Throw De Bruyne in that Villa team and see how many assists he gets per season. But at the same time is he worth more than 50m? The answer is no.
He is definitely an upgrade on anymore on our team bar Bruno and Pogba for the midfield role. His performances will improve when he is playing for a good side and his output will be better as well since there are better finishers and more people making the right runs. He won’t feel isolated and he won’t be asked to be the main man in a bigger team so naturally you play with more freedom and you won’t be double teamed as much.
He is definitely an upgrade on anymore on our team bar Bruno and Pogba for the midfield role. His performances will improve when he is playing for a good side and his output will be better as well since there are better finishers and more people making the right runs. He won’t feel isolated and he won’t be asked to be the main man in a bigger team so naturally you play with more freedom and you won’t be double teamed as much.
The Cafe darling is so overrated in here. We should look at other options. He's not quick enough to be a backup winger on the left behind Rashford, not better than Pogba, Fred, Matic in a deeper role, and would get a limited amount of time in the AM role when Bruno needs a breather. Better options elsewhere for that kind of money.
He cannot, should not cost more than AWB. 35m sounds reasonable.
Really don't see what the fuss is with him or where he'd fit into our team
Grealish looked very average. If we were looking for a CM at a decent price and one who could elevate our squad, I would consider getting VDB. The guy is a terrific utility player who could play as a 6, 8 & 10 when needed.
I thought Villa number 6 , Louise , he was fantastic for them instead of Grealish. He was creating everything in first 30 minutes. So much so that Ole had to change his tactics and ask Bruno to mark him properly, as soon as they got the ball. I really don't think he deserves a place in our starting 11. I worry that he may just be someone like Lingard as soon as he arrives.
Stick VDB in that Villa team and he’d look shite. Grealish is a class above him. I’m hoping he was smart and got a relegation clause in his contract so he can go for a sensible fee. Would give us great strength in depth and means the end for Jesse, Mata etc. Hopefully we’ll end up in the champions league so need 2 fully functional midfields to pick from, take either Pogba or Bruno out of our midfield and our creativity is vastly reduced.
Good technical player but I can see what Souness is saying in that he holds on to the ball for too long and gives the defence time to set themselves.
There was one instance in the game when he was running without the ball and Rashford got in his way a little bit and Grealish stopped stone dead and tried to milk something out of it instead of carrying on with the run, he needs to get that crap out of his game.
There was one instance in the game when he was running without the ball and Rashford got in his way a little bit and Grealish stopped stone dead and tried to milk something out of it instead of carrying on with the run, he needs to get that crap out of his game.
With the monster money Sanchez is on there is no way he is not going to see out his contract. The reason why he left Arsenal as a free agent was because he knew this would be his last big contract and we served him up a beauty.
£40m with add ons is the highest I would go.
Besides, villa are getting relegated and would need the money.
I like his movements and the creative way he attacks from the left, that's it.
Do we need another left attacker? No.
Barely doing anything good anywhere else.
Big fish in a small pond?
I'm impress more with McGinn but our midfield department is already stacked.
Do we need another left attacker? No.
Barely doing anything good anywhere else.
Big fish in a small pond?
I'm impress more with McGinn but our midfield department is already stacked.
I don’t want to sign him because he’s an arsehole and Ole himself said he doesn’t want those. He could score a hattrick for all I care and I wouldn’t want him but he could at least have a go at showing his talent under pressure and tonight he floundered and wilted.
Now sometimes you can be an arsehole but be so talented that football fans turn the other cheek because the cost of having morals is far outweighed by the benefit of the player. Grealish does not fit into that category. He doesn’t become an instant starter, he doesnt take us to the next level and he’s likely to cost more than he’s worth.
It’s always great to have options and competitive ones too but Sancho can play RW, CAM and LW too which means whenever you want to rest someone you can shift him there and throw in Greenwood for RW etc.
40mil is too much for a rotational player. We all know that's what he would be but some would say we play 100 games per season but in the end he's going to be on the bench when we play our strongest 11. 40m in Covid market for a rotational player? Nahh. People will see this as if I'm rejecting the idea of us needing a Bruno backup but Grealish isn't the only good creative AM around. Make a Daniel James type of signing to be Bruno's back up. Focus the budget on RW and CB. If it's Grealish we get I wouldn't complain but for 40m, we won't get him
Yeah. Seeing people say we should get him for 40m is funny. In what world will Ed pay 40m for a squad player in Covid market. It's not like there aren't other cheaper options to go after
On the ball, and his mobility Douglas Luiz looked pretty good. But he's their DM. For example Greenwood's goal from the edge of the box just before half time, he was dithering. Martial's pass to Greenwood does him and he doesnt put much pressure on Greenwood who fires in
I agree. He is not as good as Pogba and Bruno but is miles better then the rest. As long as he understands that he would come in as a player that needs to fight for his place rather then a superstar i'd like him here. The price needs to be right though.
Kit man must be googling his height while they are socially distancing.
Can't believe it still says 5 foot 7/8.
Gut feel but I think he will go somewhere he knows he will play most games
Perhaps everton they pay good money and are improving under anchelotti
Are people really going for him because he's better than Lingard and Pereira? So does that mean we should spend 40m + on a rotational option in Covid market. It's as if he's the only player available that can be a good Bruno backup so we must to splash 40m on him. We got Bruno and AWB for 45m. We are not spending 40 on Grealish to be back up especially in this current market
He's a good player who can create and cover different positions.
Football is a squad game and we need a better squad.
We will never challenge for the title with our current squad depth, as it is simply not good enough.
Grealish would be a good buy, regardless of the price.
He does hold onto the ball too long on occasions, but if you watch the players movement around him - what options does he have? He's way too big for that Villa team, who are painstakingly average.
Grealish makes our squad better if we sign him.
Football is a squad game and we need a better squad.
We will never challenge for the title with our current squad depth, as it is simply not good enough.
Grealish would be a good buy, regardless of the price.
He does hold onto the ball too long on occasions, but if you watch the players movement around him - what options does he have? He's way too big for that Villa team, who are painstakingly average.
Grealish makes our squad better if we sign him.
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