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7 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

That’s how I took it. Almost seems like Percy has taken it as a given that 100m would be accepted but since then something has changed. 

Mate John Percy is practically the comms dept for villa these days. If he has stated there is a medical then this info will have come from direct from the villa end. I doubt Fabrizo has anywhere near as good access on villa end as Percy. Since villa will ultimately dictate the terms of this sale I think that means it’s done. 

If it’s “done” pending a medical then the clubs should just announce it’s “done pending a medical”. I will lose respect for our club here if we make our fans suffer through another few days of silent speculation about Jack only to sell him after a medical.  This is different to most transfers and they need to respect that. Grealish is representative of the fan base and this transfer will hurt like no other in history.

The club should get ahead of this now before the fan meltdown continues. We will end up looking like mugs if they stay silent and he slinks out the back door with a 2 line thank you statement, even if it’s for a record fee.

Either announce (via Percy if necessary) that we are negotiating his exit as he wants to leave but we want a certain fee, or announce he is staying at all costs. It will be a lot less painful to do this than the slow drip of information from Fabrizo et al that usually occurs. This is different to other transfers. The relationship of Grealish to the villa fans means this plaster just needs to be ripped off quickly or it will damage the relationship with the fan base.

Grealish should want this too (assuming he wants to leave). His legacy will be better if he honest and upfront about what is happening and why he is leaving.

Just now, Dave-R said:

Wait how the hell are Man city talking to Jack if Jack's away on holiday with his girlfriend in Croatia?

I seen this in OK Magazine 

 

https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/jack-grealish-girlfriend-croatia-break-24647905

Telephone?

Theoretically, if Grealish went for £120m and we reinvested all of that money - could 3 £40m players replace Grealish for us?

Just now, Tomaszk said:

I'm surprised they've **** about with anything below it.

If there isn't a buyout clause, this deal isn't enough.

I agree, especially if they have gone straight in with £100m. £120m should become the new price....then £150m.

1 minute ago, markavfc40 said:

 

Big decision for NSWE here. I didn't think City would go that high and certainly not that quick. 

4 minutes ago, skarroki said:

The kit must have been delivered to the store by now surely? How many people will have seen boxes full of kits by now and not one of them has taken a quick photo?

Maybe they like having a job?

5 minutes ago, PieFacE said:

Well I hope our "negotiation" tactic is £130m or go away. 

Despite being the most loaded club in world football city seem quite tight with transfer fees. It’s the reason pep has previously stated that Grealish is too expensive for city. Wages on the other hand they are happy to have the most expensive wage bill in the league by a distance. Their tactic seems tap up players with promise of trophies and fat wages so they agitate for a move ala Harry Kane rather than pay the going rate. Jack won’t agitate and city won’t pay so I think he’s going no where.

I'll tell you what; the only thing certain about this situation is that they'll be an absolute **** internet meltdown when it is resolved by either a new contract or a transfer!  

Sam Lee needs to take a break from Twitter (we all need to take a break from Twitter).

To be fair to Sam Lee both Man City and Villa run extremely tight operations with minimal leaks. Commenting on a potential transfer between these two clubs is probably a hard and pointless task. His employer is no doubt pressuring him to churn out an article on the transfer and he is leaning on any third rate sourced information he can find. The surprising thing is that he seems genuinely surprised that this has gone down badly with Villa fans. Articles like his go down badly from whichever outlet churns them out, only normally it is from a betting account,  'Sky sources' or an uncredited newspaper article, so there is no one to rail against for long. 

He has decided to take clear ownership of this information, and he has given conflicting accounts, so he is reaping the consequences of that. It's similar to any other Twitter ITK - they get plenty of abuse too. There is a reason that the likes of John Percy and Romano only comment when the transfer is all but complete...it gives them credibility.  

I seem to remember when the Athletic launched in this country they confirmed that they weren't going to run articles on transfer rumours as it was beneath them. I see that has fallen away in search of clicks.

It’s agony for us fans but there is a certain logic for Grealish’s personal ‘brand’ to drag this out for a while before resigning for villa. He gets wall to wall news and social media coverage and it lets everyone be known that the champions and Pep Guardiola himself, the so called best manager in the league, wants him in his team.
Then he shuns it all to resign for villa showing loyalty and the individuality that makes him such a star. He also probably nets him a nice pay rise in the process.

Cheers John, you’ve been a big part of the villa story in the last 4 years. No doubt you helped bring a winning mentality to the team that had been badly lost in the Championship. All the time he has gone about his role quietly and diligently which has no doubt been a shock to a few.
I do wonder if Shakespeare was actually brought in as his replacement last year but John decided to stay another year?

Just now, useless said:

 

Big scoop from Birmingham Mail as usual: 

- Grealish back from holiday (he posted an Instagram pic from the plane home)

- Due back at BHM this week (guesswork based  the fact he is back from holiday and the season starts soon)

-PERHAPS involved on Saturday (literally a pointless statement)

Shame for Wes. He is clearly hot headed and totally lost in a game that means literally nothing. ‘emotional control’ is really important to Dean Smith, he talks about it a lot, so he really won’t be impressed by this. 

Doesn’t say a lot for your temperament or reliability to get sent off for violent conduct in a pre-season friendly.

My god, to anyone taking this seriously please take a deep breath and repeat: pre-season is about fitness, pre-season is about fitness, pre-season is about fitness etc etc

39 minutes ago, OLDVILLAIN said:

Rumours floating this morning that AEG could be off..thoughts?

Disaster. No one else in this team can score a bloody penalty!

1 hour ago, tomav84 said:

i miss mysteryman. used to post on here now and then. i think he's the only genuine ITK i've seen

Don’t forget Dean Smiths son’s mate.

7 hours ago, MaVilla said:

 

 

Even allowing for the standard of opposition, it’s amazing to think this was all in 45 minutes too. 

Berge would be great. Smith rarely plays a destroyer DM anyway, so I think Nakamba on his own is good enough for the few occasions where we do play a "No. 6".  

I think Wes is fine as back up given Oli is a freak who never gets injured. Give Wes the cup games to build his fitness/sharpness and to keep Oli fresh for the league. Yes Oli could get get knobbled in the first game but that is true of most teams in the league - very few teams have a an equal replacement to step in when a player gets injured. 
Wes was our record signing not too long back, if we sold him now we’d be lucky to recover 10% of the fee so we may as well continue to develop him as second or third striker. 

1 minute ago, HalfTimePost said:

 

Wow those “Sky sources” really are second to none! Breaking all the big stories first as usual.

11 minutes ago, Mr_Dogg said:

Does he not play in the same position as Buendia? 

It’s part of a new tactical trend to play 3 overlapping right wingers in Bailey, Buendía and Traore. Then Matty Cash overlaps the lot of them and Konsa comes and overlaps again as an overlapping centre back ala Sheffield Utd. Eventually the ball is overlapped directly into the oppositions net. Easy.