I have to suspect they will go for Kane or another option at striker as well, it's just Grealish is going to be simpler to get done.
Grealish To City? | City bid £100M
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Grealish is 10 million and Pogba costed 200millionWith all due respect, that's a load of rubbish.
.He can be their new David Silva, who was one of the best players I've ever seen. United were highly linked with Silva for several years, only for City to take him. Now it will happen with Grealish. I'm very upset by this.
Grealish is 10 million and Pogba costed 200million
No agent fee and will be paid peanuts.
Firstly, I don't love him or City for that matter.
But I think he actually improves players and I have been impressed with Pep that he has modified his strategies to suit the English game. I expected him to struggle and get bored and leave much sooner, to be honest.
But yes, all his strategies hinges on having an unlimited budget (like City) or have ridiculously talented players readily available. Because he likes to keep shuffling players, even the better ones. In his own words, he cannot motivate a player more than 2-3 years to go for trophies. He wants new ones, equally talented (and that means costly). Not all clubs can afford to do that.
All depends on Pep.. If pep leaves I don't think they will be this dominant
Why would you assume that? He’s an international player and the PL is the most followed league in football. He’s already a big star in the PL. I know who the stars in La Liga are even though I don’t follow it closely.
And I didn’t mean branding outside of the UK specifically for that matter. They need to attract a shitload of new fans from all over the world including UK and Ireland before they can even begin to dream about having the same sized fanbase as United or Liverpool, which I’m guessing, is one of their long term goals.
Grealish is skilled, good looking, a media favourite, british and perfect for growing their fanbase the way I see it.
I’m sure he’ll be a success on the pitch as well, don’t get me wrong, but as others have pointed out, a striker should be a priority if you’re looking at the team isolated from the brand Man City.
Such an odd move. I actually think this sudden clamour to spend ridiculous money on Grealish and/or Kane is for brand purposes more than anything. Signing up England’s sweethearts for PR is the kind of thing a mickey mouse sports washing franchise would do.
He has to deliver now on the big stage. He will now become a player in a title winning team which is a different situation then at Villa. I’d argue the ‘real’ pressure starts as soon as he laces his boots for City, considering they want to challenge for titles and he will have a big price tag on his back as a player who is looked at to help them win titles.
Why are we following this like it’s one of our signings? Who cares what the plastics do, let them crack on.
I don’t see him being that much better, than what they already have, to cause too much concern. I’ve no doubt he’ll do very well but so did the person he’ll replace, whoever that will be.
Who’s he most likely to replace in the first XI? Who ever they drop is a great player in that position already. Sterling, Silva, Foden, Mahrez, Jesus, de Bruyne, Gundogan.... not that much better than these for me.
Who’s he most likely to replace in the first XI? Who ever they drop is a great player in that position already. Sterling, Silva, Foden, Mahrez, Jesus, de Bruyne, Gundogan.... not that much better than these for me.
Grealish is objectively better than "Rashy" by almost any player attribute you want to pick.
I think you have seen too little of Grealish when you spout such things. He entered the Euros like he was prime Zidane and took on each game like they were friendlies against Walsall, no problem. He also danced around most big teams last season, nutmegging van Dijk and orchestrating the 7-2, a historic match for all non-Liverpool fans.
It will be funny this. Many are downplaying him because he cones from Villa, most will shut up in about 15 minutes of the first game or so. Bruno came from an absolute shit Sporting, it doesn’t matter much does it. What is also 100% certain is that the ones who semi-like him from last season is going to hate his guts now that all those fouls are given to a Man City-player. Football fans ey, not the most objective bunch alive.
Well well … miles behind Beckham in terms of ability/performances, mentality, achievements and looks.
City can have him …
City can have him …
This is one of the most annoying parts of this for me.
He'll also be a regular starter for England from here on out despite struggling to hold a spot for more than a game or 2 at a time.
Why? It's actually a dumb argument, that and people who keep saying "people will see how good he is when he sign for City", I mean he was playing in PL for 2 seasons and played against almost all big teams, played in Euros against strong teams but somehow people don't know how to rate him and only will do so when he signs for City.
Apart from Villa forum, there won't be forum where Grealsih will have so many supporters like on caf (and rightly so).
The FA do look at this. This is what Chelsea did and still do. Spend 100s of millions on teenage level talent, then loan 20 of them out a year and then hope some work out and sell. They do with squad players, build up on all these 50mil signings and then sell some off when they want to go. I bet they find a big buyers for Ake and Bernardo Silva, end up with 80 plus mil.
I've just seen it happen so many times mate, it isn't really Grealish specifically. Heck, it even happened in this thread as more people watched him last season. The England part annoys me more. I've always felt that the managers nudge the players towards top 6 clubs by not selecting them as much as they'd like. Seen it with Young and Delph particularly.
Sad to see City keep getting it right in the transfer market. Come Christmas no one will be talking about the £100 million fee just the sheer quality he's bringing to that team.
Even if he signs for City, there will be people who won't be convinced, I mean there are people who still nitpicks Messi's game, this is nothing.
Yeah, now will be interesting to see whether Southgate plays him regularly.
The end of the wankfest is near
He did all that in the grand total of 172 minutes he played? Forget Zidane, he must have had a Maradona '86 type impact then.I'm going to expect at least two assists and a defender sent off in the first 15 minutes now, cheers.
In all seriousness, I'm sure he's an excellent player. But it's over the top nonsense like this that makes me relieved he's going to be off the market soon and the circlejerk will slow down for a while.
Perfectly reasonable response and I don't disagree. Apologies, there are a lot of Pep fanboys all over the place and even on here who seem to think he's the GOAT and deny his success has anything to do with the unbelievable money available to him.
English players tend to prioritise the history, tradition, chance of trophies, and values of a club and therefore prefer to come to Utd. However some are just in it for the money and so head to City.
I can guarantee that if we were in for him he’d come to us instead. We can’t let this happen. I will not take it lying down.
Unfortunately, it has only just begun.
There ain’t no wankfest like a wankfest over a City attacker.
Em, OK. What's the plan?
At £100m it’s not the right deal for us at the moment. If we had sold Pogba we should’ve been all over it. Silver lining is Haaland is on the market next summer and if we have a good season I can see us winning that race.
The signing or how well he plays?
Perhaps I'm wrong but I'm figuring it's near enough a done deal.
In terms of his performances, well it won't be long before we realise that the difference between Sancho and Grealish is a hell of a lot more than £30 million.
What makes you think that?
Do you think Grealish fits City better than Sancho fits United?
Fecking hell, Sancho hasn’t even kicked a ball for us yet
What a ray of sunshine you are.
I feel 100M is huge for Grealish. Now Kane for 100 m will be cheap.
If (or when) he signs with City, how do they still afford Kane as well? It seems unlike City to splash for Kane too, tie up $200 million on two players doesn't seem wise from a business perspective. Over the years, they have spent money, but it's across multiple players. Which brings me to Kane, he is holding out, he either 1) knows City is going to offer up the cash or 2) is getting terrible advice right now.
Saying "City got it right" now like they're unearthing a hidden gem is a bit silly isn't it? It's an obvious obvious bit of business for a top club, but even City don't really need him to win the league again.
The one thing Grealish and Kane do add is hunger to win things, because they've won nowt. There was a chance this City team might have been a bit flat at least in the league after winning it, but now they'll have that rocket boost of hunger.
The one thing Grealish and Kane do add is hunger to win things, because they've won nowt. There was a chance this City team might have been a bit flat at least in the league after winning it, but now they'll have that rocket boost of hunger.
The love-in with Grealish on here is something to behold.
The difference is that they have a great manager and Sancho is just 21.
This is the only place where Grealish is considered to be among the greatest footballers ever, it seems. Also, why on earth would we sign him when we have Bruno??
City have De bruyne though? Pep wants to play him as an 8 so we could have bought him to replace Pogba.
By December, caf will finally realize that Grealish is one of the best PL players ever.
By second end, you all will realize he will be among the GOAT candidates. Yes its a joke
By second end, you all will realize he will be among the GOAT candidates. Yes its a joke
100m for Grealish or just over that for Sancho and Varane? I know which one I'd take
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