He loves playing for us.
I get the feeling he'll give it another 12-18 months and see who else we sign in the meantime. They're not world beaters but Milot Rashica and Bertrand Traore will be a step up in quality for final third compared to what we signed last summer so he should have more creativity and pace either side of him and hopefully Watkins can finish off a decent number of chances we create.
Barry was 28 when he left us and won a title at Man. City and had a few years in CL. Young was about 26 so think he'll give it another two years and then push to leave when he's 27 if we're nowhere close to top 6, nice wage boost in the meantime.
I admire his loyalty, in all honesty. I know he loves his club, but won't Villa just price him out of a move again in 12-18 months, having signed this new contact, if the club is still just hovering above the relegation zone?
I've always felt this kind of player/club loyalty is very one-sided. If Grealish wasn't as good as he is, say he was actually a really bad player who isn't good enough for Villa, it wouldn't matter that he's a big Villa fan who really loves the club, he'd likely be released or sold off to the lower leagues. That's what I'd be thinking anyway, if I was in that situation.