Jack Grealish

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manimanc said:
They do if done deal is on holiday.
Txiki has said to Jack don't worry, it's a done deal, you go on holiday and we'll see you when you get back.....
And send us a postcard.
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He might be on holiday with a load of villa mates. Would be a right shitter if it popped up on sky sports news lol
 
Gingers Dad said:
The comparison that I was making was between where Villa are now and where they were when Grealish broke into the first team. A midtable club.

But American owners do actually seem to be very a like as it happens.

  1. Already own an American sports franchise that is successful
  2. Make a lot of big promises when they first buy a soccer club
  3. Where the scarf for photo shoots
  4. "Embrace" the traditions of the club
  5. Borrow a lot of money against the club they've bought
  6. Take out way more money than they put in
  7. Try to fundamentally change soccer finances to suit the American Franchise model
  8. Throw toys out of pram when they don't get their own way
Where are your current owners at the moment? I'm guessing stage 5 but you lot probably just don't know that yet
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Stage 5, you say? Thanks for the info! :-)

Yeah...you seem to be doing a lot of guessing! ;-)

There is NO comparison to where we were when Grealish was breaking through and now.

The current owners aren't taking money out of the club. They're not the Glazers.

As I said previously, you don't know what's going on at Villa. That's very obvious. No reason why you should, of course.
 
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mccity said:
If Jack Grealish left he'd have a bit of understanding but you just know it'd end up bitter.


Think about it from a Villa fan's perspective:

Jack Grealish is a Villa boy and club captain. Not only that, but Villa are a seriously ambitious (tm) club who are definitely going to be up there with the big boys extremely soon, with Grealish himself playing the central role. Jack Grealish is being offered a huge deal by Villa standards to stay.

From a Villa perspective, there is literally no reason why he would leave. If he can wait a year or two he'd be getting all the same medals he would at City, with more money, more prestige, and more honour, with the glory of doing at your boyhood club as captain and star man. At City, he'd just be a bench warmer with a couple Carabao Cups and a bunch of regrets as Villa march towards dominance.

If he goes it'll 100% be spun as he left for money. That's the ONLY reason he'd join, would be the argument.
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And We'd only be buying him for his passport anyway, so all works out.
 
Sid McGrath said:
Stage 5, you say? Thanks for the info! :-)

Yeah...you seem to be doing a lot of guessing! ;-)

There is NO comparison to where we were when Grealish was breaking through and now.

The current owners aren't taking money out of the club. They're not the Glazers.

As I said previously, you don't know what's going on at Villa. That's very obvious. No reason why you should, of course.
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This is like 2008 with Randy Lerner all over again. Didn't Lerner toy with idea with having a charitable shirt sponsor because "Villa didn't need the money"?
 
Bluesince88 said:
What worries me is how this had been labelled by quite a few as a “done deal” Done deals don’t take this long.
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The presumption seems to be it is done, just waiting to be announced.

I don't buy that myself, don't think it is anywhere near done. And I'm always sceptical any club deliberately delays announcing deals, particularly exciting ones.

But we happen to recently have done just that. Only announced fernandinho a day before his contract ended, when it had been an acceptance for months he was extending. Only announced Carson yesterday. Both had no club to haggle a fee with, agents' switch demands, both wanted to be here with no other real rival club interest, neither was at an international tournament or on holidays. Easy deals most likely done ages ago, club was happy to sit on them in no rush to claim them.

Obviously, totally different players and deals, I'm just pointing out there is some level of quier patience in the club that they aren't afraid of sitting on things.
 
I have continuously very much doubted this assumed 'release clause', official Or gentleman's implied.

But the recent narrative from Villa makes me think there might be something in it maybe.

He has 4 years on his contract. If he had no agreement to leave, it would simply be a case of 'we are not selling, he us our player on a long deal'. Even a 'it would take a crazy offer' maybe. The fact the reported stance seems to be they will tempt him with a new contract, rather than they won't let him go, might just suggest simply keeping him isn't that simple.

Probably not enough to convince me this release agreement exists, but does make me wonder a little bit.
 
Coatigan said:
The presumption seems to be it is done, just waiting to be announced.

I don't buy that myself, don't think it is anywhere near done. And I'm always sceptical any club deliberately delays announcing deals, particularly exciting ones.

But we happen to recently have done just that. Only announced fernandinho a day before his contract ended, when it had been an acceptance for months he was extending. Only announced Carson yesterday. Both had no club to haggle a fee with, agents' switch demands, both wanted to be here with no other real rival club interest, neither was at an international tournament or on holidays. Easy deals most likely done ages ago, club was happy to sit on them in no rush to claim them.

Obviously, totally different players and deals, I'm just pointing out there is some level of quier patience in the club that they aren't afraid of sitting on things.
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Maybe Txiki and co have been away on their hols and have just returned, that's why nothing has been happening re transfers. I think we're probably quite close on either Kane or Grealish but by no means are any deals done yet
 
I might be being fucking thick here but say we pay 100mill for Jack, he plays on the left, so does Sterling and Foden.
How does he fit in ?
 
Bill Walker said:
I might be being fucking thick here but say we pay 100mill for Jack, he plays on the left, so does Sterling and Foden.
How does he fit in ?
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Grealish plays on the left, Foden plays in the middle, Sterling plays on the right.

Grealish plays in the middle, Foden plays on the left, Sterling plays on the right.

Grealish plays in the middle, Sterling plays on the left, Foden plays on the right.
 
blkswn said:


The woman beater has declared Jack Grealish shouldn't move to City because Pep wouldn't give him much gametime aside last 10-20 minutes
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So Stan Collywobble is telling Grealish he's not good enough to get in the City team? I bet Stan would have slapped his Mrs if someone had told him not to sign for Liverpool because he wasn't good enough.
 
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