He's in his prime, coming from a wealthy PL club on a long contract which is why he's costing so much.
Grealish To City? | City bid £100M
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If they splash 200 sticks on two players that will surely end that funny narrative "we never spend big on single player"
They can if they sell some of their good players, such as Sterling or Mehrez, or even Jesus, each could fetch at least £50M, I think they also have some players on loan who they can sell for decent fees, i remember Yangel Herrera who plays at Granada, he might fetch them 15-20M.
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Original Source is Simon Jones. How reliable is he ?
Considering he's a better player, yes. This signing for City trumps our potential Sancho deal.
He's also 5 years older, and has 10 less international caps than Sancho. I'm not that worried.
But can they spend 200m with FFP?
This place is full of negative nancies.
Who has 50m to spend on those players? Which clubs have the money and can pay the wages in this financial market - and that the players want to join?
Its the Caf way it seems...
The difference is United does huge numbers. There is literally a saying in the British sports media, you will never go poor writing about United There's been rumours about city being in for Grealish for as long as we have but I guarantee there's more news stories about us being in for him. It pays way more to write speculation and gossip on United constantly. Why do you think we get mentioned constantly as being in for a player or how X club beat United to a signing even when no interest whatsoever has been expressed by the club.
No he isn’t the better player. Their end product is an absolute landslide in the favour of Sancho.
He will certainly bring City more free kicks. Never seen an English player fall around as much and win free kicks.
P.s great player and would have loved him at United.
I didn’t see us getting him at all. But him going to City does hurt.
An odd signing for Pep imo he seems to like the give and go, pass for passing’s sake. Not a Grealish traite
An odd signing for Pep imo he seems to like the give and go, pass for passing’s sake. Not a Grealish traite
Well both are English. But one is four years younger, more productive and at a bigger club.
Okay well I know it’s your opinion and all but he’s not the best player in the premier league for goodness sake. He’s a good player and the jury will be out when he moves to a big club where the pressure will be on and then we will see how he progresses.
Oh yeah, you are right, not many clubs can pay 50M nowadays or commit to the wages these players get at city, but the fact remains that they have some valuable assets that they can sell to allow them to offset the huge fees they will pay for Grealish and/or Kane, whether they can find buyers or not is the question indeed.
Kane isn’t going for 100 million. Probably closer to 150.
Thats because he is a slightly late bloomer. Sancho is an awesome talent but there is a step up from the Bundesliga he has to take.
We really can't sign him unless if Pogba leaves. So if City gets him... what else can we do? to force a Pogba transfer? to drop the interest on Sancho which is a more pressing concern so we have more money available to spend?
Look, he looks like a very good player but remember that our weakness have always been RW/DM/CB. Signing Sancho would at least fix the winger problem. We can't sign Grealish and play him on the left, that's Pogba/Martial/Rashford/Sancho(?)'s spot as ridiculous as it sounds because most forwards can play on the left for some reason. And we can't sign and play him in the middle because Bruno has proven his productivity there which had a huge impact on our seasons - it worked overall so no need change it, and remember if we need to try something Pogba can play as AM too. Also if we do have the money, I'd use the money to buy a quality DM/CB instead, or both and have a complete team for the first time in a decade.
Look, he looks like a very good player but remember that our weakness have always been RW/DM/CB. Signing Sancho would at least fix the winger problem. We can't sign Grealish and play him on the left, that's Pogba/Martial/Rashford/Sancho(?)'s spot as ridiculous as it sounds because most forwards can play on the left for some reason. And we can't sign and play him in the middle because Bruno has proven his productivity there which had a huge impact on our seasons - it worked overall so no need change it, and remember if we need to try something Pogba can play as AM too. Also if we do have the money, I'd use the money to buy a quality DM/CB instead, or both and have a complete team for the first time in a decade.
Hopefully, he flops.
I can’t help but feel for Pep in situations like this. It’s already established that they cannot afford a replacement for Aguero. Now he has to make do with another penny pinching purchase in the form of Jack Grealish. When will City’s board wake up and realise they need to back the inventor of football accordingly? This season, Pep is going to have to slum it with the signings of Grealish and Kane.
Well that would take the gloss off of Sancho 
They earned 200m+ just from their season (CL, PL etc)
If they manage to sign Grealish and Kane, might as well create an alternate premier league for 2nd place finish.
By the end of euro it might be 90Kane isn’t going for 100 million. Probably closer to 150.
Eric Dier and James Milner have more England caps than Michael Carrick, your metric is skewed massively.
Well this sucks. Would have preferred him to Kane if I had to choose one for us.
Don't worry we got VDB for half the price
Am i the only one who thinks yes Grealish is good, but i dont see this phenomenal player everyone else does....
And for £100m its a no from me. If Grealish was joining Utd for 100m, the City fans would call him overrated and shite.
And for £100m its a no from me. If Grealish was joining Utd for 100m, the City fans would call him overrated and shite.
Wooow. Out of nowhere really, did not think that it would go through. Perfect player to replace Bernardo.
It died, so PSG & City are going big this summer.
You kind of lose the argument from inception when you think output is the primary, common separator for these players. Grealish dictates all games for a mediocre team in the best league in the world, Sancho plays much higher up the pitch for the second best team in a weaker league, you cannot compare the two up until now. Sancho will never in a million years copy his work in England in terms of assists, but Grealish might just increase his share considerably. Grealish is a much better and intelligent player with a touch to die for, let’s see how Sancho handles low blocks of good defenders. Something tells me it is going to look very similar to a few players United already have in their squad, albeit better.
They've slayed FFP a while back. It doesn't effect them one bit.
This will be the signing of the summer , keeps City well ahead of the chasing pack. Good move by them.
Where would he play? Maybe Sterling really is on the way out?
Boring, the slow progression to the league becoming a one horse race year in year out begins.
Footballs killing itself.
Footballs killing itself.
KDB + Grealish + Kane that is like entering cheat codes. If they don't win the CL with such an attack
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