If we paid £52m for a complete dud like Fred...
Jack Grealish / signs new 5 year contract
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Did some posters here suggest there was some gentleman's agreement between Grealish and the club that he would go for about 40m? What was the source for that info?
Don't believe everything you see....if we offer £40 million, Villa will accept.
I'm fairly certain Grealish would have been given word that he can be moved this summer and there's no way that both his parties and Villa agreed to an 80 million valuation.
I'm fairly certain Grealish would have been given word that he can be moved this summer and there's no way that both his parties and Villa agreed to an 80 million valuation.
I don't see us paying £50m+ for a squad player while we have room for improvement in the first XI like at centre back.
Fred had a great spell for us before lockdown and will still prove a good squad player. Yeah we overpaid but you'll see next season how handy he'll come in when we need to rotate.
I don’t think Fred could single handedly carry Villa to safety in the Premier league mate
Agreed - his fee will surprise a lot of people on here.
No one is paying 80m even in a normal market, much less now. At most it will be 40m, or we will look elsewhere.
What I meant was, the Villa hierarchy will know that we pay massive amounts for average players - a classic example being Fred
...so if Villa are wanting circa £80m for Grealish, then you can't blame them, because he is lot better than Fred.
Then they can keep an unhappy player. No one will pay 80M for Jack Grealish. Not even City. I suspect he will go for a lot lesser though. It’s just posturing imo
Not with 55m being paid.
"Mr Aston Villa!.....might have played his last game.".....Is he dying? The MOTD commentator was hilarious last night. 
He's a good player but we need Sancho, a DM and a CB way more.
He's a good player but we need Sancho, a DM and a CB way more.
I'd love to have him as a squad option but for the reported fee Villa are after, Donny VDB or Partey would offer much better value at half the price.
If he really does want to join he needs to have a word with the club about being realistic about his price because 80m even in a non-covid affected market would be ridiculous
Would be good for us but anything higher than £50m is too much.
There’s no evidence of this when you compare the leagues, ands he Madrid bound anyway
Villa will get a strong reality check. Half that asking price and you have us, otherwise we can move on to alternative targets.
I genuinely think Villa will let him go for less if he expresses his wish to leave. He stayed with them in the championship, he’s kept them up, he’s earned the right to get a big move. Sticking an 80m price tag on him is massively unfair to him. Maybe I’m being naive in thinking that, football is a business I guess but I don’t think they should stand in his way if he does now want to move on.
Villa need to get real, Grealish isn’t even capped for England and hasn’t played in Europe. So where are they getting £80mil figure from??
80m is such a ridiculous price. I'd definitely make a fuss if I was Grealish especially after helping you stay up. Reminding me of Zaha and Palace
“Was” Madrid bound. Real Madrid aren’t making any major signings - or any signings really - this window. They’ve admitted that openly. Loads behind it. As such, while I definitely believe we have Grealish higher on our wishlist, it’s quite easily conceivable that we’ll use interest in VDB to drive down Grealish’s price and may well even opt for him if a deal can’t be agreed. VDB appears to have a high ceiling, can play across the midfield and is a neat player himself - though very different to Grealish. He’d be good cover and may even place less “demands” for game time.
For 70-80 million he will be enjoying Villa for many more years to come.
From his performance levels, the general state of the transfer market and the fact they are rich and have no interest in selling their best player. Not being capped for England is irrelevant and only the business end of the Champion's League is a higher standard than the Premier League.
Agree wholeheartedly. The cover needs to be applied to the attack, which became resurrected and is the club’s biggest strength. Sancho to the right with Greenwood as cover, Grealish to the middle/left to rotate between Bruno, Pogba and Rashford - who in turn provides cover for Martial. A solidified and well supported attack will also be the best cover for any issues deeper/behind it.
Yes I agree with you here
There were rumours of a £40m clause a while back. Villa denied it. I thought it was possible because he was very close to signing for Spurs a couple of years ago but stayed with Villa and signed a new contract.
Fred is a Brazilian international and had been playing CL football for many years. It's not really a fair comparison irrespective of how the deal looks now.
Indeed. Chelsea will probably pay less than that for Havertz.
With Villa escaping the drop, this deal is surely dead. Too expensive - we'll need to look elsewhere.
He’s only played 11 times for Brazil, it’s not as if he’s a regular. He came from a poor league.
Just move on. There's no reason Villa would sell him for cheap. Would us sell Bruno for 50m if Real Madrid came knocking? Just impossible.
40m plus Lingard and we have a deal.
Unless he goes on a big strike and kicks-up a real fuss this one is not happening now that Villa staying up.
I'd be surprised if jack doesn't have a gentle man agreement with Villa board to let him go if a offer in range of 50m comes in.
For this figures, it’s better to hijack Havertz himself, actually. If he wants to join Chelsea, there are no reasons to believe he wouldn’t want to join a better team instead
Yeah there is definitely an aspect of posturing going on, and with Villa knowing Utd may be interested the price jumps up automatically.
I don't think we have the money if we also want Sancho. I doubt net spend will run to more than £100m this summer.
Its an area where I think its vital to strengthen and I love the player. But I just don't see the club putting in the required investment beyond Sancho.
Think we will make the one big splashy signing and this time next year we will all still be complaining we were several players short of really competing.
Think we will make the one big splashy signing and this time next year we will all still be complaining we were several players short of really competing.
He's in a weird position because the clubs who would be interested and where he would be pivotal don't seem to have the money (Arsenal, Spurs etc.) while the clubs that do have money (United, Chelsea, City etc.) may not want to invest the time and money in getting a player who wouldn't necessarily even start in the biggest games. Villa's owners are really wealthy so there's no need to sell and I doubt that unless there is serious goodwill towards Grealish for what he has done, letting him go for cheaper, that there will be a buyer.
Still fact though? He's an international with CL experience. Grealish is neither.
Pretty shitty from Villa to play hardball if he wants out after he's just pulled them from relegation. Proper dick move, and you'd be surprised to see him appear motivated for them if forced to stay (or priced out of a move).
Not if that player is someone like Lingard who could really benefit from playing for a team regularly again
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