Seriously, what would you expect them to say? They are protective and proud of their club. Nothing wrong with that.Just had a quick gander on Villa Talk to see what they think of the transfer....
Fuck me are they deluded, none of them think that he’s leaving, they’ve got a massive chip on their shoulders about how they are perceived to be a small club, they think their owners are billy big bollcks who can’t be messed with
lads , you‘re just Aston Villa, you’ve won fuck all of note for 40 years, most of your trophies came more than 100 years ago , you have consistently shown that you are a selling club as we’ve found out with Barry and Milner
your boy Jack has decided he wants to play at a higher level than you will ever be able to offer, and he’s a die hard Villa fan , what does that say ?
im looking forward to revisiting when he signs ...
No. Only about Grealish and from you know who (who I presume still has contacts at Villa).
Having said that, I did say (when the season ended) that Sterling’s team had put the feelers out in Spain to see if there was still any interest. That’s from a current player slash pundit.
fwiw, in two weeks I’ll no longer have anyone to find out the odd bit of gossip from as I won’t be in Qatar and I’m deffo not ITK.
I get all that, but Gareth Southgate is very very boringlast chance for jack grealish if he's picked on tuesday ? did not really do anything in the last game after the big media push in wanting him picked over foden ? all it takes is one outstanding game and villa can add another £10 million or one bad game and the value can drop by £30 million
if pep and city are so willing to go over the top and pay £100million. then i would want jack grealish ripping it up in the euro's and undroppable and england's main man. mount and foden are miles ahead of grealish ? just because he stands out at villa does not mean he can play at the next level or on international duty
i want to see more from grealish in taking the game by the neck on tuesday ? control the game and scare the life out of the Germans. you have to come of the pitch on tuesday with goals and assist and set your place in stone in a england shirt. then we can say he's a £100milion players
last chance for jack grealish if he's picked on tuesday ? did not really do anything in the last game after the big media push in wanting him picked over foden ? all it takes is one outstanding game and villa can add another £10 million or one bad game and the value can drop by £30 million
if pep and city are so willing to go over the top and pay £100million. then i would want jack grealish ripping it up in the euro's and undroppable and england's main man. mount and foden are miles ahead of grealish ? just because he stands out at villa does not mean he can play at the next level or on international duty
i want to see more from grealish in taking the game by the neck on tuesday ? control the game and scare the life out of the Germans. you have to come of the pitch on tuesday with goals and assist and set your place in stone in a england shirt. then we can say he's a £100milion players
Villa seems to be going after Smith Rowe.
Yep. If it became policy that you had to get slapped in the face before entering the Etihad, half of this lot would say "Stop complaining, I'd happily get kicked in the balls to watch this team!"I’ve said something on tixi blinders, but there’s no point arguing mate.
Ah but it is.
I don't believe that but if it was true then fcuk Grealish.
I hate it when players down tools when they don't get their own way.
When he does sign the Collymore meltdown will be spectacular
Even if they had a gentleman's agreement/informal clause and not an iron clad contractual one, Villa's new owners aren't going to throw away all their good will they've built up since coming in over £15m or so.
Grealish is the club captain who stuck with his boyhood club through a terrible period in their history and lead them back to the PL and the good times. The Villa fans adore him for sticking with them when they went down.
If the club turn around and say we're not honouring a gentleman's agreement of £80m, the fans aren't going to side with the owners, they're going to say "fair enough he stuck by us, now it's time to let him go and book an enormous fee at the same time".
Nah, i always say that, not just about Grealish.you don’t want Grealish though so you will say that
I know nothing about contract law, but seems a bit strange that either party can pick and choose which clauses to honour.Is it though?
Do you know that for sure?
I don't, hence the honest question.
I've heard it is not, I've seen it not get enforced, with Suarez, but also get that he himself might have chosen to stay instead of going to arsenal on a promise he would be allowed to move to a club like Barcelona if they came for him.
Nah, i always say that, not just about Grealish.
Any player that downs tools is a cnut, that even goes for players at Utd
I'm not a lawyer but I do have dealings with some contract law and as long as the clause doesn't go against some other aspect of the law and both parties enter into it freely then it should be enforceable. However I don't know if buy-out clauses could be argued to contravene employment law in some way (restriction of trade or something). I'm sure a hot-shot lawyer acting for a PL club could probably find a way to shoot it down.I know nothing about contract law, but seems a bit strange that either party can pick and choose which clauses to honour.
"I know your contract says £150k per week but we're only going to give you £10k"
"I know my contract says I'll stay for 5 years, but I've had a better offer so I'm off"
You’ve latched onto this :-)Oh for fu, can't you stay until the window closes!?