Grealish for me is a must. Great player that can play in 3 position... is like having Bruno playing in the wings.
Sancho, Grealish, Rice or Calvert-Lewin?
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Grealish for me is a must. Great player that can play in 3 position... is like having Bruno playing in the wings.
Yeah I would love to sign him as well but he has to push for the move because Villa don't need the money and therefore they can easily afford to turn down big offers for Jack
@The Oracle ain’t that far off the mark; imagine them in six or seven years of a settled team
Could we fit Grealish into a team with Bruno where both can perform to their best?
Out of the top 6, who ever buys Jack Grealish gets crowned champion.
That's what he brings and that's how good he is.
That's what he brings and that's how good he is.
We can definitely fit them in I have no doubt about that and i'm confident we can get the best out of both because they're stylisticly different with Fernandes being more direct and Grealish being more graceful on the ball with excellent ball retention skills.
Yeah I am confident that we could play both of them together, however we would need to sell Pogba first but more importantly Grealish has to push for this move otherwise no chance it will ever happen
Reckon it will be a DM plus one of either Sancho or Grealish. Getting both will not make sense, either financially or by style of play and as good as Grealish has been, I'd still be more inclined to go for Sancho, if we could get him for below 100 million.
Reason being that our right side is so terribly misbalanced that opposition prefers to lock up the left flank. Sancho would give us more balance, whereas Grealish would require us to make adjustments to our two best players positions, so that they don't come in each other's way.
Reason being that our right side is so terribly misbalanced that opposition prefers to lock up the left flank. Sancho would give us more balance, whereas Grealish would require us to make adjustments to our two best players positions, so that they don't come in each other's way.
Don't think he'd immediately transform Chelsea, but tough to argue he wouldn't give City the Silva replacement they need, United a 2nd creative star next to Bruno or Liverpool a genuine star who fits their midfield 3 system with Fabinho or Henderson sitting and one of Thiago, Keita or Wijnaldum (if he stays)
I agree with this. Unless we are switching to a 433 and playing Grealish and Bruno in CM and buying a new DM to play with them buying Grealish doesn't make a lot of sense. I'm sure him or Rashford could do okay playing on the right but to pay £100m for a player to not play him in one of his best positions is crazy. Grealish is a quality player and I wouldn't be upset at him coming to United but we need to be looking for players that fit into the system rather than just the best players available.
Prime example of how much Jack loves football and is born to play for this club
I think I might have initially answered Sancho to this question, but the more I think of Grealish, the more I want him here. Someone with his leadership and skills could really have us pushing to where we want to be.
Grealish would be an epic signing, Sancho for 60M YES, Rice would be a good as wee need DM but there are better options (not sure if they are "in the market"), CL does not fit our system but could be a great plan B coming from the bench.
I'm sold.
I’ve written before that I’d break the bank for Jack. Still of that view even after several days of calming down after the Villa match.
I suppose I should know this, but isn’t it the case that Villa have no significant financial constraints? Could not become the next Chelsea or City? In other words, Jack may look at his club and ask whether he could propel Villa to be a truly top EPL power.
I suppose I should know this, but isn’t it the case that Villa have no significant financial constraints? Could not become the next Chelsea or City? In other words, Jack may look at his club and ask whether he could propel Villa to be a truly top EPL power.
Grealish for me, would be an amazing signing.
Outside of FFP, we don't. Both of our owners are billionaires and have spent 100m + in the last 2 summer transfer windows.
I'm not naïve enough to think that Jack will spend the rest of his career with us but I really wouldn't be surprised to see him wanting to go to Real or Barca (though neither could afford him at the moment I think with their financial situations)
Imagine thinking for one second we shouldn't add Grealish because we might not be able to play Rashford, Bruno, Martial and Pogba.
Martial and Pogba can sit on the Bench.
Martial and Pogba can sit on the Bench.
Yeah tonight was living proof of what Grealish could offer in a game where Bruno is just not having that effect, think he would also give us more of that LW than Rashford which I know is an opinion that many in here probably won't like. If we have to pay big money for them so be it because can cover 10/LW and maybe even RW as well despite him not playing there in 7 years.
Certain we only sign him if Pogba gets sold otherwise no chance
Why?
Our team was crying out for Grealish out there.
In fact I'm gonna call him 'The Locksmith' because he would have picked open that City team tonight.
Won't have the money to fund the transfer after what losses we have suffered with no fans in the ground
If we have the opportunity to sign any of these four, we should explore it. Imo, we're not in the position to be turning down players of this quality. I would kill for a world class centre forward to come in. Love Cavani, but age rules him out being the long-term solution.
Yeah need to look at bringing in a top class centre forward after Cavani leaves in 2022
This. He would have also helped in helping us control possession better, those fouls he wins would have been extremely useful in the team tonight
I have to say though that his fitness for his age is fantastic. The guy never stops working. I've taken to him a lot more than I thought I would have, as I previously didn't know too much about him. But, the way he moves, the space he creates and attacks and the way he's always looking for a goal is something that we desperately lack. In terms of what we need for the long-term, he's the closest fit that we've got. It's frustrating that we have three or four players who have various qualities that we need, whereas we actually need those skills combined into one or two players.
or the milkman.
he always delivers...
(ripped from one of the early seasons of big brother, when it was actually relevant).
Yeah completely agree with you and can see just how much he was missed tonight
Two things I'm a big fan of...
Reality TV and Football
Because they're both unscripted drama.
Though it is questionable how unscripted reality TV really is.
Mind you, even Italian football was scripted a few years back
Hopefully Ole will realise in the summer when Pogba goes we are in dire need of more creativity, tonight showed when Bruno doesn't perform we look absolutely toothless in that aspect of the game.
Grealish for me. Especially if Pogba goes in the summer. We really need more creativity and someone who can hold the ball and beat the press.
Grealish to replace Pogba seems like the most obvious bit of business in a very long time. I really hope we can make that happen.
All of them a must signings
I don't think it is. While he brings creativity, it's a very different skillset to Pogba and if he does come in we will be lacking a player that will progress the ball from deep. In addition it will mean either Grealish or Rashford will be put out of their position and on the right hand side.
As good of a player as he is, we may not solve any problems and still have an issue in CDM or RW.
But who is saying its the only bit of business we'd do? It obviously wouldn't be.
So where would we be signing him to play? His best position are at no.10 where we have Bruno and VDB and at LW where we have Rashford and Martial.
He may very well be the best player we can sign but I'm not sure it's a sensible one given our squad.
Pogba is someone who doesn't really suit us for our squad balance, but we try to make it work because of the quality he has. Grealish would be the same. Obvious bits of business is to just address holes in your team. Our hole isn't at a #10 or the left wing. Its at RW and DM, and possibly at CB too.
The most obvious bit of business we could make is the same its been every summer for years. Buy a right winger. Or in the case of the last 2 years, buy Jadon Sancho because he's young, English, technically a brilliant footballer, creative, has goals in him, and is a natural on the right. People might move on from Sancho or the right wing because we signed Pellistri, Diallo, Greenwood broke through... but two of them are teenagers who haven't played past youth level basically, while Greenwood is a striker who can play wide but is very much a striker (but also still a teenager).
Grealish wouldn't be a bad signing, because he's a terrific player. But it would be a signed that places Rashford on the right wing pretty much full time.
Grealish is easily the best player from the lot. He is pure class. I have watched a lot of Villa this season and I like him a lot.
Doesn't matter where he plays, he will improve us, give us some options and flexibility.
Doesn't matter where he plays, he will improve us, give us some options and flexibility.