Jack Grealish | Set to join Everton on season-long loan

[Stoned Rose]

It’s not normal for a club to spend £100m (record signing) on a player, win all those trophies, including a treble and then send the player out on loan is it?

If he was the rip-roaring, unadulterated success, we all wanted, it wouldn’t be happening. It’s the club that’s doing it, not me, so clearly Pep and the powers that be, don’t think this has gone the way it was meant to. At £100m, Grealish was meant to be here for the rest of his career, not dropped from the CWC squad and then farmed out to a team that’s been battling relegation every season for as long as I can remember.

That’s why it’s a sorry state of affairs.

Clubs spending 100m on a player isn’t normal full stop. But, if we’re looking only at 100m players the sample size is extremely small so not sure what point you’d be trying to make.

The fee paid had nothing to do with Jack. If you’re unhappy with that it’s on City, not him. Also, there is no way you know what the club’s plan was re the length of time he was here, let alone for the rest of his career. You are pulling things out of your arse.

He hasn’t been “farmed out to a club facing relegation”. He’s gone to a side where he will play, be the go to guy and play the position he prefers. It’s a World Cup year and he wants to be in the England squad. It’s also 5 minutes down the road so he won’t need to fuck about uprooting his family to move to London or whatever. It’s simple common sense from the player’s perspective.

The man was an integral part of the greatest period in this club’s history. When we won the CL he played more games in that competition than any other City player. A CL where we didn’t lose a single game and only conceded what was it 3 or 4 goals?

Add his PL and cup medals to that and only a complete and utter head the ball would say his time here has been a sorry state of affairs.

 

[Lost in space]

I wish Jack the best of luck and I hope he smashes it there.

 

[Ribble73]

He always put a shift in and you suspect was hidebound a bit by Pep’s instructions and also a bit intimidated in joining such a successful side -so we rarely saw what he had to offer. All the best to him -and best outcome of all is he comes back and contributes again for us.

 

[J.A.M]

Jack will be given the freedom to run the midfield like at Villa and he will do well .

More like, Jack will be given the freedom to run “across” the midfield till someone fouls him haha,

Only joking Jack, good luck lad and hopefully this move will get your career back on track

You have given us some good moments, and definitely one of the best City picture's that will become iconic in years to come, (the one of him a the front of the bus at the parade)

 

[eastmanc]

It will be more like £20-25m, if he has a good season with them.

Good move for Jack as he doesn't need to move from where he lives now. Let's face he wasn't getting back in the England set up at City. I agree he wasn't the best fit for us.

 

[bennyboy]

He played in the middle and got MOTM at home to Forest last season. Everyone was thinking the Foden issue would be solved for the rest of the season. Yet he followed it up with a competely anonymous performance in the same position at Juventus… and Pep felt he couldn’t trust him.

He then picked up yet another injury which I think lost Pep completely.

Myth KDB was motm in the Forrest game.
He played well but not motm.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Clubs spending 100m on a player isn’t normal full stop. But, if we’re looking only at 100m players the sample size is extremely small so not sure what point you’d be trying to make.

The fee paid had nothing to do with Jack. If you’re unhappy with that it’s on City, not him. Also, there is no way you know what the club’s plan was re the length of time he was here, let alone for the rest of his career. You are pulling things out of your arse.

He hasn’t been “farmed out to a club facing relegation”. He’s gone to a side where he will play, be the go to guy and play the position he prefers. It’s a World Cup year and he wants to be in the England squad. It’s also 5 minutes down the road so he won’t need to fuck about uprooting his family to move to London or whatever. It’s simple common sense from the player’s perspective.

The man was an integral part of the greatest period in this club’s history. When we won the CL he played more games in that competition than any other City player. A CL where we didn’t lose a single game and only conceded what was it 3 or 4 goals?

Add his PL and cup medals to that and only a complete and utter head the ball would say his time here has been a sorry state of affairs.

Of course I don’t know this but common sense says he wasn’t bought for £100m, with the intention to send him out on loan after 4 years. Purely from a financial standpoint, no club on the planet is sanctioning £25m per season on the fee + upwards of £10m per year on wages. Its so much of a reach, I can’t believe that anyone would even try to make this argument.

I also never said your final point. I said people would have differing opinions on whether his time here was a success, it’s hardly an outlandish comment given his whole time here has split opinion among fans. The sorry state of affairs comment was in relation to the scenario of having your record signing going out on loan. Again, hardly an outlandish comment.

Quoting this from @ninjamonkey because I agree wholeheartedly and he maybe got the point across a little better than I did…

When you break your transfer record, by some distance, to sign somebody, the expectation is not for him to end up out on loan before the end of his initial contract because he can't get in the side. Is it his fault we spent that money on him? Of course not, but we did it and the fee does matter because it represents the expectations we have regarding their importance.

Look away from City for a different perspective. Would we accept the dippers saying Nunez has ultimately been a success because they won the league last year? I dont think anybody here would agree with that but would the dippers be happy to drop £80m for a title? Without question.

 

[skillman]

Good move for him, that, from a personal standpoint I bet - doesn’t need to uproot a his family and young child.

Hope he does well then we can get a healthy figure next Summer.

 

[Zabaleta5]

Good luck Jack and it’s a good move for Everton

 

[Columbia]

A great player badly treated and mis/under used by Pep. Best of luck Jack.

 

[Don Karleone]

A bit gutted it hasn't worked out. All the best, Jack.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

A great player badly treated and mis/under used by Pep. Best of luck Jack.

Oh fuck off

 

[Gordyola]

A great player badly treated and mis/under used by Pep. Best of luck Jack.

Go on then explain “badly treated” & “mis / under used”

 

[GoatersLeftShin]

It will be a great signing for Everton and whilst he's not a manager for the Top 4, Moyes is definitely the best of the rest. He will give them a lift in the new stadium and Moyes will get something out of him.

Hopefully he can restart his career, put himself in the window and get back into the England squad.

Good luck.

 

[01282]

The £50m agreed with Everton is what City should’ve been paying 4 years ago. £100m was an insane amount given his lack of caps and European pedigree. Like someone said earlier the fee has nothing to do with him.

Wish him nothing but the best and hopefully it’ll work out for him but I can’t see £50m coming our way next summer.

 

[jrb]

He was part of the team that won the proper treble. He will always have a special place in the hearts of City fans for that reason alone. All the best Jack.

 

[calumdown]

he did this.

none of you moaners will ever get close to doing something like this.

 

[bell_mcfc]

he did this.

none of you moaners will ever close to doing something like this.

This for me is one of my favourite ever pictures. It really does say 1000 words and highlights not only the emotion of winning the treble but the journey we've all been on as city fans. In this moment Jack, and all of us, were on top of the world and no one can ever change that.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Of course I don’t know this but common sense says he wasn’t bought for £100m, with the intention to send him out on loan after 4 years. Purely from a financial standpoint, no club on the planet is sanctioning £25m per season on the fee + upwards of £10m per year on wages. Its so much of a reach, I can’t believe that anyone would even try to make this argument.

I also never said your final point. I said people would have differing opinions on whether his time here was a success, it’s hardly an outlandish comment given his whole time here has split opinion among fans. The sorry state of affairs comment was in relation to the scenario of having your record signing going out on loan. Again, hardly an outlandish comment.

Quoting this from @ninjamonkey because I agree wholeheartedly and he maybe got the point across a little better than I did…

If you’re asking what intention we bought Jack with I’d imagine he was bought with the intention of him helping us to win our first CL, more PLs and to support us to have a period of unprecedented success including a never done before 4 in a row.

Which he achieved. He’s contributed to an out of this world few years for this club. I’d suggest the club will be over the moon with him and their decision to buy him.

Money wise he was 100m over 6 years meaning there is a book value of 32m on him now.

Even if we ended up getting zero for him now, that 32m is more than covered by the CL and PL prize money he’s helped us win.

A “sorry state of affairs” indeed.

What did you want from him? 50 goals a season and him still banging them in aged 39?

 

[eyalluvitt]

Every swanky Merseyside bar owner tonight