Jack Grealish

[BlueTG]

Because you're wrong maybe?

What’s he done to in his career to be valued at £80m? Apart from looking fancy and being effective for a year or two in a mid table team.

£30m of that will be because he’s English alone and that stupid quota inflated all of their values.

Just don’t see the value in this, creativity hasn’t been our problem and I don’t see him solving our issues of squandering chances when he’s hit double figures once.

 

[kupest]

There has to be a release clause in his current contract. Villa probably have no idea when and if we are triggering it and want to get rid of it asap.

 

[mosssideblue]

Fair enough. We can’t complain about transfer prices being obscene when we’re willing to throw that sort of money around for a player who can’t even nail down an international spot.

That's more to do with Southgate not appreciating what he has, no?

 

[Gumzy97]

Doesn't sound cut and dried that he's signing a new deal and that's coming from the Villa side. Makes you wonder if this is already effectively a done deal and it's just a case of signing off on the fee, wages, etc.

Narrative is changing last week it was hes definitely signing a new deal.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Bluemoon Twitter is full of gimps that know sweet fuck all.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Or they probably see it and think fuck if he thinks we need to be signing him then maybe we shouldn't?

 

[mosssideblue]

What’s he done to in his career to be valued at £80m? Apart from looking fancy and being effective for a year or two in a mid table team.

£30m of that will be because he’s English alone and that stupid quota inflated all of their values.

Just don’t see the value in this, creativity hasn’t been our problem and I don’t see him solving our issues of squandering chances when he’s hit double figures once.

He doesn't put the value on his head.
As always, he is only worth what someone is willing to pay and, if we offer that, he is worth it.

 

[mosssideblue]

Fingers crossed eh

Err, no.

 

[leo_city]

There has to be a release clause in his current contract. Villa probably have no idea when and if we are triggering it and want to get rid of it asap.

Also to avoid from other clubs triggering it later

 

[Pollocks OG]

What’s he done to in his career to be valued at £80m? Apart from looking fancy and being effective for a year or two in a mid table team.

£30m of that will be because he’s English alone and that stupid quota inflated all of their values.

Just don’t see the value in this, creativity hasn’t been our problem and I don’t see him solving our issues of squandering chances when he’s hit double figures once.

Maybe, just maybe there's only a certain profile of player that our scouting and player recruitment team deem a valuable addition to the squad.

Age
Potential to become world class under the tuition of our coaching team.
Potential tenure with the club (10 years a la Kun/Dave/Vinnie)
Value appreciation/sell on value (Sane)
Estimated capability to adapt to our strategy/formations
Attitude

There will be others

and maybe we deem that if all of the above criteria are met, then it doesn't matter what we need to pay, we will just pay it.