Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

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Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:04 pm

City have got themselves a player but what a huge transfer deal.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by ClaretAndJew » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:05 pm

Just makes it harder and harder to keep up.

I feel that, even though it was scrapped, a super league is inevitable.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Granny WeatherWax » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:05 pm

What a horrible game it is in the top leagues.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by boatshed bill » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:05 pm

I detest Manchester City.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by KRBFC » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:05 pm

:o was reported Villa offered him a bigger wage than City did

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by boatshed bill » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:07 pm

ClaretAndJew wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:05 pm
Just makes it harder and harder to keep up.

I feel that, even though it was scrapped, a super league is inevitable.
I wish they'd been able to get on with it, TBH
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by ClaretAndJew » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:08 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:05 pm
:o was reported Villa offered him a bigger wage than City did
Correct. And it shows it's not always about money, which is a good thing.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Pearcey » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:08 pm

Fantastic player. Shame we didn’t see more of him in the Euros.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by tiger76 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:10 pm

Wow! a 6 year deal.

Normally it only takes one big money move to start a domino effect down the food chain, so let's hope for Burnley's sake that this is that deal.

Can Foden and Grealish work in the same team, perhaps at City they could, because both are too good to sit on the bench.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by claretburns » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:22 pm

You have to think 2 of Mahrez, Silva and Jesus will be leaving City before the end of August.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by tarkys_ears » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:29 pm

...why do you care the fee?

£10m or £100m, we'd never have been in for him. The money is irrelevant.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by tiger76 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:31 pm

claretburns wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:22 pm
You have to think 2 of Mahrez, Silva and Jesus will be leaving City before the end of August.
I think Silva's been linked with a move away, don't know anything about the other 2.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by DAVETHEVICAR » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:32 pm

Why will top players leave City?
City will probably play over 60 games and will rotate the squad.
Players will win trophies and get well paid .

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Boss Hogg » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:32 pm

It’s not really a competition when we play Man City. It’s gone beyond David v Goliath. The same applies for many clubs in the PL. it’s one of the few games I bet on ( against) and one of the few I don’t mind missing ,the same as friendlies. I don’t mind watching them against other teams but if I just did that then I’d be no better than the arm chair fans in China that this rich persons play thing is trying to appeal to. Grealish is a great player though but he’s not a guaranteed starter there.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by bobinho » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:33 pm

ClaretAndJew wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:08 pm
Correct. And it shows it's not always about money, which is a good thing.
Really?

It's absolutely always about money. At these silly sums it hardly matters if they are a few grand a week apart.

Lets just chuck some imaginary figures around...

Villa offer him £250,000 a week, but no chance of CL footy or a PL trophy or even the FA Cup. Man City offer him £240,000 a week but guaranteed CL footy, first or second in the PL and a domestic trophy guaranteed. He goes to City and it LOOKS like it's not about the money. Now change the City figure to £75,000 a week (a three year contract leaves him never having to work again) and see if he goes....

One thing is certain tho... football and the business controlling it is absolutely obscene.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by bobinho » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:35 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:10 pm
Wow! a 6 year deal.

Normally it only takes one big money move to start a domino effect down the food chain, so let's hope for Burnley's sake that this is that deal.

Can Foden and Grealish work in the same team, perhaps at City they could, because both are too good to sit on the bench.
Unless it's Englands bench.... :roll:

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by randomclaret2 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:38 pm

Interesting fact about Grealish. He's played the same number of Premier League games as Dwight McNeil.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by bobinho » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:40 pm

Another interesting fact about Grealish.... He's an outstanding footballer.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Vegas Claret » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:44 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:05 pm
:o was reported Villa offered him a bigger wage than City did
figures I heard were 200K at Villa and 350K at City. What have you heard ?

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by ksrclaret » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:49 pm

I saw a quote today from Pep Guardiola back in 2009 in which he stated that the modern game makes him sad as teams spend tens of millions of pounds on players when the academy has players waiting for a chance.

I don't think I need to say anything else.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Buxtonclaret » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:54 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:44 pm
figures I heard were 200K at Villa and 350K at City. What have you heard ?
Annually?
Monthly?
Weekly?
By the minute?

I thought the world had gone mad when Clough forked out a million on one player.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by RVclaret » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:56 pm

Good move for him and the national team. City’s rotation will be on another level this season not sure I can stand having any of their players in my FPl team…

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:57 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:07 pm
I wish they'd been able to get on with it, TBH
And that would have meant dire consequences for a club like ours

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:00 pm

randomclaret2 wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:38 pm
Interesting fact about Grealish. He's played the same number of Premier League games as Dwight McNeil.
bobinho wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:40 pm
Another interesting fact about Grealish.... He's an outstanding footballer.

I'd no idea about the first fact, totally agree on the second.
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:08 pm

£100 million was his release clause I've heard tonight, you'd hope we have a decent release clause for McNeil.

Anyway, potentially a good signing for City, still only 25 and will get better

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by boatshed bill » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:17 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:57 pm
And that would have meant dire consequences for a club like ours
Possibly, but not necessarily.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by joey13 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:29 pm

I did say Sunday but was ignored 🙄

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Spijed » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:32 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:17 pm
Possibly, but not necessarily.
Would be like the Olympics without the best competitors. Interest would plummet.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Superjohnnyfrancis » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:36 pm

Financial doping, leaves a bad taste in the mouth, what a plastic club

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by boatshed bill » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:37 pm

Spijed wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:32 pm
Would be like the Olympics without the best competitors. Interest would plummet.
Unfortunately they could stay (the naughty6) and dominate to the point where interest is lost anyhow.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Darthlaw » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:39 pm

I read a cracker today (so I can’t take credit for it)

“Signing for Man City to win trophies, is like paying a prostitute to lose your virginity”

:lol:
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by RVclaret » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:41 pm

Well he’s also signing for them as he gets to play with some of the best players in the world and get coached by arguably one of the best managers in the world.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by JohnMac » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:48 pm

It was a Gold Pass to Kyle Walker's 'Adult' parties that sealed the deal :D
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Post by joey13 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:53 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:44 pm
pretty well handled by Purslow !
https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status ... 42146?s=20
Imagine something like this from our club

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by tiger76 » Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:59 pm

bobinho wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:40 pm
Another interesting fact about Grealish.... He's an outstanding footballer.
I've also heard he's a decent diver, not that will be any use to City, as even if he did win them penalties they'd never score them anyway.

Unless of course they also snap up Harry Kane in this window, and with their obscene spending power I wouldn't rule anything out.

Surely with all this talent at his disposal even Pep can now win City the CL can't he.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by willsclarets » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:10 pm

I might be being unnessarily pessimistic, but I've always thought as our stay in the Premier league as temporary. I've been critical of our lack of transfer activity, but in part it's down to simple economics and potential infrastructure. Transfers like this just highlight how well we've done to be here at all, but the reality is we're competing because we have a once in a lifetime manager. How Sean Dyche has done what he's done with the resources he's had is mind boggling really.
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Post by boatshed bill » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:13 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:44 pm
pretty well handled by Purslow !
https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status ... 42146?s=20
He spoke very well...
But hadn't they already signed Buendia?

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Post by Dyched » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:15 pm

Tbh, Jack Grealish going to Manchester City makes our job of trying to stay in this league a bit easier. Severely weakens Aston Villa. Manchester City can carry on spending for all I care.

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Post by wilks_bfc » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:40 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:13 pm
He spoke very well...
But hadn't they already signed Buendia?
They’d already signed all 3 of those players before this deal so they either knew was a done deal last week or were taking a “risk”
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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by willsclarets » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:40 pm

Aston Villa are going to get far more points than us next season

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Steve-Harpers-perm » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:44 pm

Article in Telegraph suggesting his wage at City is 370k per week. What you pay for a product I suppose.

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Post by willsclarets » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:47 pm

For playing football. Mental amount if money.

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Post by Steve-Harpers-perm » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:52 pm

willsclarets wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:47 pm
For playing football. Mental amount if money.
But if it attracts the paying punter who wants a well polished product over supporting their local team probably worth it.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:01 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:13 pm
He spoke very well...
But hadn't they already signed Buendia?
They signed him about 8 weeks ago

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Bosscat » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:09 pm

Dyched wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:15 pm
Tbh, Jack Grealish going to Manchester City makes our job of trying to stay in this league a bit easier. Severely weakens Aston Villa. Manchester City can carry on spending for all I care.
Not when Villa spend 45 million on Dwight McNeil 🙄

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:21 pm

Granny WeatherWax wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:05 pm
What a horrible game it is in the top leagues.
Why?

They generate so much money it’s frightening. Just enjoy it for what it is.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by bfcjg » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:33 pm

Perhaps now he is playing for an elite club for an elite manager mr dull might give him more minutes for England and who knows win a trophy.
Good luck to him, football now is just so corporate it's lost it's soul IMHO.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:35 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:
Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:21 pm
Why?

They generate so much money it’s frightening. Just enjoy it for what it is.
I'm well past caring which manufactured "big" plastic club signs which players.

Although, it could be a couple of 6-0's this season instead of 5's.

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Re: Transfer record smashed - Grealish deal done

Post by Damo » Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:01 am

Gutted for all the villa fans having to change their kids names by deed poll. What a mess

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