Those players cost us no money, though. You guys could probably get a very decent Mata replacement for half of what Grealish will cost.
Jack Grealish / signs new 5 year contract
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I’ll admit I’ve done a u turn on this one. I still think he’s a complete knob and a classless arsehole.
But if we can sign him I can’t think of a more guaranteed success than him quality wise.
I still think he’ll do something stupid but feck it I’m in.
Sancho and Grealish please anyone else is a bonus
But if we can sign him I can’t think of a more guaranteed success than him quality wise.
I still think he’ll do something stupid but feck it I’m in.
Sancho and Grealish please anyone else is a bonus
I think he’d improve our starting 11 in games where we have lots of the ball.
The new players have cost you money? If CHO and Mount perform they'll drop to the bench? Horses for courses.
For United, it makes a lot of sense. Ole talked about how United used to have a lot of quality options in attack. When he was at the club, Ferguson went ahead and signed Yorke for big money when he had already 3 quality forwards. Ole would also want more than one quality option on the bench. If he signs Sancho and Grealish, that will solve this problem in a big way. Not only Grealish could slot in for Fernandes and Pogba but also Rashford and maybe Sancho if he has to.
For Grealish, it's all about how much he believes he could displace one of our first XI. Personally, I don't think there's much between him and Fernandes. Grealish is exactly the type of character who would think the same and will be up for the challenge. Also, being an important squad member in United is worth more than being the captain of Aston Villa.
Know I will probably be left looking stupid but think once he gets around model pros like Bruno & Rashford you would see a marked improvement in his attitude off the pitch and the doubters in our fanbase could well see him in a very different light
Yeah there is no doubt he will be up for that challenge but it's going to come down now to whether he has the desire to leave Villa and how far Utd are willing to go in order to sign him after sealing the Sancho deal
If the 60-70m is true then no way. I'm all about squad depth but our scouting department has been paid millions to find other bargains out there.
Sticking by my £50m plus add ons which would take it to around the £60m mark
Nope, I can see that. And if both were brought in to initially come on during a match, I'd back Grealish to deliver a game changing moment over vdB. Seems that sort of player.
It's just that with Villa staying up, it's hard not to see how Grealish' cost won't take up the vast majority of our budget. With Sancho coming in - and a better option - I think it'll probably be a hard pass or wait until next summer, unless Villa agree to sell at a reasonable price.
We would obviously need to sell some players to make this deal happen which I believe we will do, however I could accept waiting until next summer if I thought he would still be on the market then and we can get VDB this window.
Not sure Villa will have that sort of money to lash around after last summer.
They'll probably try and get it down to Lingard +20m or so.
And hopefully shorts that are not 3 sizes below his.
I really really hope so.
But I do think other than moral objections and stupid fees as much as I like DVB Grealish has more of a game changer about him.
Yeah he does feel like the kind of player who could produce something when the team really needs it whether that be for his club next season or England in the euros.
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If they truly love him they’ll let him go for less.
Yeah, that would be silly.
80m and potentially not be a consistent starter in the first team!? No chance 
They can keep an unhappy player, nobody is going to pay 80m for him.
Bruno is a better player and went for less, no way in hell anybody pays that. But then again , manutd have contributed to this hike by paying ridiculous fee for AWB and Maguire.
80M? Hahaha even 50M would be too much.
People forget we paid 50M for Bruno who ,even if he came from a weaker league, had world class stats and was player of the year for two consecutive seasons and full Portugal international.
Grealish has 1 season in the premier league, got good but far from great numbers, and is not even a english international. Why the feck would we pay that much for him?
80m 
yeah good luck with that. He'll end up like Zaha I'm afraid.
yeah good luck with that. He'll end up like Zaha I'm afraid.He will push for it if he really wants the move and Villa will grant him his wish. There is a mutual respect between them. It won’t be like Palace pricing Zaha out of a move. Which leads me to think whether he’s better suited for us or Donny VDB
Not worried by this in the slightest because we have seen this before when Palace and Sporting Lisbon slapped price tags on the heads of AWB & Bruno respectively and we still didn't pay that figure either.
Yeah nothing to see here
This will be a £40m with a ton of add ons deal
Feel like this will get done for 55 million + a player. He's 24, English and a really good footballer. Ticks a lot of Ole's boxes. If our summer ends up with Sancho and Grealish, I would consider that a success.
£50m base figure with addons
Yeah totally agree with you
I'd admire the optimism but I don't see Villa letting him go for anywhere near as little as 50m
55m + a player? That seems a bit steep.
I dont think VDB is all that honestly.
Wish we could send Chong there on loan. See what he’s made of playing some footy in the Prem. Otherwise we can always offer Andreas or Jones. I’m sure Villa will find them attractive
Aren't Villa in financial trouble after spending big last summer?
They’re owned by an Egyptian billionaire and are absolutely minted.
Yeah right. Half that and you’re there.
Now they’ve stayed up and considering what we paid for Maguire, and with Grealish having 4 years on his contract, can you blame them asking for that?
That said, we should walk if that’s the price.
That said, we should walk if that’s the price.
What's interesting is to think about the position he might play with us if he signs. Currently, it looks like he's most likely to play in Pogba's position but Paul already plays there and Rashford occupies the LW. So it seems like Ole wants Grealish for the pure objective of having an excellent cover for both these positions (LW and LCM) if one of any of our front 5 gets injured and not feel a drop in offensive quality over a grueling season. I'm all for this approach. Very similar to when Pep signed Mahrez I think.
VDB is better (at the very least comparable) and much cheaper. It’s a no brainer for me.
VDB will be signed within a day or two if we really want him so that wouldn’t be a worry. I think the club will try for Grealish first while working on Sancho. 50M + some add ons should do it really
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