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Yeah that is my thoughts as wellGrealish would be a similar catalyst to Cantona. However, I would think it can only happen if Pogba was to move.
Yeah that is my thoughts as wellGrealish would be a similar catalyst to Cantona. However, I would think it can only happen if Pogba was to move.
Zakaria is the one I hope we go for there in the summer and Jack simply has to be the Pogba replacement, however Woody seems to be obsessed with signing Sancho after what happened last time and does feel some noise about it.I think Pogba leaving is a real possibility which will hopefully see us receive a decent transfer fee which should hopefully offset a significant chunk of money towards Villa's asking price.
And then I would hope the club looks for a DM from outside of the EPL who will likely cost significantly less than Declan Rice who is vastly over priced if reports are to be believed. I think a DM and CB from the continent combined would cost less than Declan Rice which IMO is the way to go in these difficult times.
Not sure, but have heard his huge calves don't help in that regard.He was brilliant last night!
Side note but I noticed that he wasn't wearing any shin pads - is that the case?
The issue with Zakaria is that he's not long been back from a lengthy lay off and hasn't been deemed 100% match fit to start regularly by Marco Rose.Zakaria is the one I hope we go for there in the summer and Jack simply has to be the Pogba replacement, however Woody seems to be obsessed with signing Sancho after what happened last time and does feel some noise about it.
That’s wild.Grealish all day long.
He is an incredible player, and he has an end product - whether it's finding the pass or having a decent shot on goal.
Bruno and Grealish would be the closest to Xavi and Iniesta.
Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.Rarely have i seen a player go all out and do a real "audition" on Old Trafford the way Jack Grealish did tonight.
You just can't help but see and feel - he'd love to be here. It was obvious as daylight.
This photo right here, that's just prime courting. From both sides.
Grealish looks a bit like a prime primadonna, just waiting for the right guy to take off her panties and dive in.
And Ole has his cock out that's for sure.
Whatever it takes, boys, whatever the feck it takes....
With all due respect, do you honestly believe United wouldn’t have a chance of signing Grealish, should they decide to try? In my opinion, that’s a more deluded perspective.Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
Everything else aside, of course we can afford him. Villa would snap anyone's hand off if they were offered lets say somewhere around £80-100m. And Grealish would naturally want the move. And if you don't think that's the case then you are the deluded one.1) you cant afford him
Yeah I'm not sure about that,That’s wild.
100% agree with thisI think Pogba leaving is a real possibility which will hopefully see us receive a decent transfer fee which should hopefully offset a significant chunk of money towards Villa's asking price.
And then I would hope the club looks for a DM from outside of the EPL who will likely cost significantly less than Declan Rice who is vastly over priced if reports are to be believed. I think a DM and CB from the continent combined would cost less than Declan Rice which IMO is the way to go in these difficult times.
You sound bitter? Is that because he might leave and go to a bigger/better club with more chance of silverware rather than stay at Villa? How do you know he doesn't want to leave? These days footballers have no loyalty.Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
Yeah I am a massive fan of him but you make a very good point about us needing to sign a CB and DM before Grealish, however will be absolutely gutted if he ends up going to a rivalEverything else aside, of course we can afford him. Villa would snap anyone's hand off if they were offered lets say somewhere around £80-100m. And Grealish would naturally want the move. And if you don't think that's the case then you are the deluded one.
Question is, is he worth that sort of fee? Probably not. But it would be a better way to spend up to £100m than going back in for Sancho, that's for damn sure. Even when Pogba leaves, with VdB in we'd have other bigger priorities to sort out before signing Grealish. Namely a centreback and holding midfielder.
this Post was way past your bedtime.Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
Hit a nerve there did i?Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
Grealish for me.4 english players all linked with transfers away, and all likely to cost £80 million or more . Realistically we can afford one of those players at best - who would you want ? If any at all.
I really can't even decide who I would want most because I think Grealish is pure class already and I think the other 3 will be with a year or two more experience
Rice has been superb for West Ham and looks really mature for his age.
Calvert-Lewin is exactly the kind of striker we haven't got - apart from maybe a 33 year old Cavani.
Grealish is probably the best attacking midfielder in the P.L after Bruno and de Bruyne
Sancho - well, he has been soso this season but was superb last season
Yeah to be honest that's a better comparison... hypothetically comparing them to Xavi and Iniesta was a bit dreamyYeah I'm not sure about that,
Grealish and Bruno is probably the next David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne.
I think your spot on with the last point. We have a good team as is but without Fernandes we're back up shit creek.Grealish for me.
I know he's not the necessarily the position we need, but having two attacking midfielders of that caliber would make United a pure threat on the field.
Plus, you wouldn't have to worry about United bombing out of the top 4 if Fernandez gets injured, and like Fernandez, he has natural leadership skills, something direly needed on this squad.
I think we would only sign Grealish as a mostly attacking midfielder, but not for a winger role. It's good he can do both, but it's more about what we need for our system.I don't think the club have invested a potential €40m on Diallo to have him sitting on the bench long-term. I honestly believe the club will give him time to make the RWF role his own in the next 12 months.
That leaves Sancho and Grealish for the LWF role and Grealish for me would be starting ahead of Rashford on the left because he's better in many facets of the game.
Agree. And I think "don't need" is a very relative term. If we lose Pogba, we do need a creative midfielder. And besides, I think most cool heads would agree that, while you need solid defense and attack, as well as a goalkeeper, its' really the strong midfield that wins you trophies. Midfield is by far the most important component to have a deep bench for. Overinvest in midfield because then you can vary systems and adapt to different opponents! If you dominate the midfield, you are one step ahead, but if you have subpar midfield even the best defense and attack become detached and completely useless. Too bad people often forget it.Grealish for me.
I know he's not the necessarily the position we need, but having two attacking midfielders of that caliber would make United a pure threat on the field.
Plus, you wouldn't have to worry about United bombing out of the top 4 if Fernandez gets injured, and like Fernandez, he has natural leadership skills, something direly needed on this squad.
100 million. Not a chance we would snap your hand off. SorryEverything else aside, of course we can afford him. Villa would snap anyone's hand off if they were offered lets say somewhere around £80-100m. And Grealish would naturally want the move. And if you don't think that's the case then you are the deluded one.
Question is, is he worth that sort of fee? Probably not. But it would be a better way to spend up to £100m than going back in for Sancho, that's for damn sure. Even when Pogba leaves, with VdB in we'd have other bigger priorities to sort out before signing Grealish. Namely a centreback and holding midfielder.
Nowhere near 100 million. Not today. Best at his job in the league. We would turn down 200 if honest. But keep trying. No offence just saying. Villa is his club. So very good luckat we can’t afford him. We paid 80m for a defender with the turning circle of the titanic, of course we could.
Then that's good (for Villa) that you are not any kind of decision-maker at Villa, but if we are back to reality:Nowhere near 100 million. Not today. Best at his job in the league. We would turn down 200 if honest. But keep trying. No offence just saying. Villa is his club. So very good luck
Fair enough if that’s what you think. Him signing that new contract reminds me of Ronaldo signing with us just before he left - it ensures Villa get a fair price under the proviso that he wants the move. If he genuinely signed that deal with no agreement that he could leave at the right price, well then I doubt he’d want to move regardless of the offer (or he just has terrible advisors).Nowhere near 100 million. Not today. Best at his job in the league. We would turn down 200 if honest. But keep trying. No offence just saying. Villa is his club. So very good luck
Villa would accept 100m for Villa honestly, credit to where Villa are in the league, but honestly I think if Grealish was offered a United move he would say yes.Nowhere near 100 million. Not today. Best at his job in the league. We would turn down 200 if honest. But keep trying. No offence just saying. Villa is his club. So very good luck
I think the biggest importance is balance Sancho slots right into a functional team of our best 11 in their preferred position. That means less complexity for Solskjaer to deal with. Rashford is not a right winger he's best on the left and in terms of productivity he's very useful throughout a season.Grealish is the closest to Hazard in terms of keeping the ball and dribbling.
However I'm still in favor of getting Sancho for RW first. His stock being down should mean a little bit cheaper.
And then maybe we can sell Pogba to fund Grealish or rice.
Why should he stay at Villa? He's not going to spend his best years in mediocre team. He will end here or other top club. Soon. For a COVID priceSorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
We can afford him.Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
Sancho just scored his first goal yesterday, for the entirety of this season (12 appearances). And that's in fecking Bundesliga! If he was playing with us (in a tougher league) and had that kind of record this season, we would be angrier at him than we are at Dan James (at least we got James for bargain). The reality and the legend of Jadon Sancho don't align.I think the biggest importance is balance Sancho slots right into a functional team of our best 11 in their preferred position. That means less complexity for Solskjaer to deal with. Rashford is not a right winger he's best on the left and in terms of productivity he's very useful throughout a season.
Grealish brings more creativity but I'm unsure if he will suit the fast attacking play we often impose against bigger opposition. He slows the tempo down which is no issue for Villa as he's the vocal point of the attack but he won't receive that here with Fernandes influence.
People need to think objectively regarding Grealish, him being good at keeping possession doesn't mean everything if the team is not suited to maintain his influence. I would put Grealish as the priority if he's doing what he's doing exclusively on the right hand side of play but he's not he's in the left. Anyone talking him playing in midfield hasn't a clue we often deploy a double pivot midfield with Fernandes in front, we don't utilise a 433 consistently.
The player we need to buy needs to add something to our immediate first 11 because that's how we build consistency, Ole will find himself in Lampard's shoes with headaches continually re-evaluating the transition of a team with restarting the building process around individual players. Pogbas leaving we need a DLP to fulfill his shoes, we have no right winger of any use insert Sancho.
Yeah, I don't think Grealish is going to happen either.Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
Yeah this would only happen if Grealish was willing to push for it, however that also applies to rival clubs wanting to sign him as well so doesn't make it unique to UtdYeah, I don't think Grealish is going to happen either.
The moment you survived the drop, and he signed a new contract that chance was gone. Also, don't think we can pay that much on one player with the current climate.
Yep this is exactly what likely happened. The price went through the roof after that.Yeah, I don't think Grealish is going to happen either.
The moment you survived the drop, and he signed a new contract that chance was gone. Also, don't think we can pay that much on one player with the current climate.
In the reality of a COVID football economy, I would agree with Villa2000 on this. Y'all wouldn't be able to afford him in a sense that he would take up way too much of a percent of your transfer budget for what you as a club need in the summer transfer window... adding to that he shouldn't be a priority signing for you. And TBH I just don't see any real huge money transfers at least until summer. I also don't think many of the big clubs would be able to afford what we will likely ask for Grealish either. PSG hiring Poch does worry me a bit as he tried to sign Jack for that 35 mil that our *then new owners* came in and pulled the plug on.Sorry but this is arrogance of the highest order. It was not even his best game of the season. Yet he was easily the best player on the pitch. Always is.
1) you cant afford him
2) we dont need to sell
3) he does not want to leave yet
4) he must be auditioning for every team he plays against.
Seriously deluded if you think you have a chance.
As far as I know, we wanted around 100m in the summer, and he has only gone on from strength to strength. I don't disagree that if Grealish was offered a United move that he would say yes. But the price would likely be much higher than 100m.Villa would accept 100m for Villa honestly, credit to where Villa are in the league, but honestly I think if Grealish was offered a United move he would say yes.
Players like him most likely want to win trophies, the best Villa will get is perhaps an FA Cup and get out of the group stages of something like the Europa League in a peak season.
He could go to any club in Europe given his current form honestly.
Statistically this season not many in the Premier League have had seasons like him, and that's saying something.
While the club has to adhere to FFP limits, our owners are the 3rd (I think) richest in the PL. We've spent 100m + each of the last two summers, so they are heavily investing in the club. I know everybody has a price (see Coutinho) and I think that's the type of haul our owners would be looking for.Then that's good (for Villa) that you are not any kind of decision-maker at Villa, but if we are back to reality:
1. Your club isn't wealthy enough to decline that kind of money. Nor are they title-contenders to have a reason for being so foolish
2. However, there's no chance in hell that we'd pay you even 100 mill for Graelish. Maybe 70 at most, up to 75-80 with conditions. Which is also why it hasn't happened yet and may never happen