We've not set the Grealish fee, Villa have. Also, Grealish is only worth what another club is willing to pay for him. If Villa want £100m & City believe it's a fair valuation, who are we to argue?
Like I said, we haven't set these fees, & Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool & ManUre all have higher record purchases than we have. If we do surpass the English transfer record, we know it must be for a very very good reason.
On top of that, we've won 3 of the last 4 league titles, broken a ton of records & been the most successful English team on the pitch over the last decade.
If ManUre or Liverpool were to be spending this alleged amount, dya really think the media would give a fuck? Would they heck! They'd just be bleating on about the top two English top flight league sides in history, are flexing their muscle & showing their serious intent.
With City, it's always a question of "Is this amount of spending good for the game?" FFP this, & FFP that, & how boring football will become with just one dominant team sweeping up all available honours & world class players.
None of these bastards complained when Paisley's Liverpool did it in the 70s & 80s, nor did they complain when Ferguson's ManUre dominated English football for the best part of 20 years, neither have they complained as vehemently when Chelsea had their dominant spell either.
In my mind, we should fuck the lot of em, & do what suits City best. If we're gonna get called out because of our financial status, we may as well give them something to cry about imo.