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Well done by his agent. Just doubled Jack's salary by making a few phone calls to the tabloids on a Friday morning.

Just did a quick lap around the Internet. Looks like bullshit. TalkSport already discussing other topics. Wouldn't do so if this was a legit story and a major scoop for them.

1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said:

So weird, I feel exactly the same way. They're just a non entity. Completely harmless. I actually want them to win the PL most seasons so that United and Liverpool don't. 

Same. I hate the other 5 clubs so much more. 

Don't think it's true, but if it is - I'll accept it.  

Manchester United also with a dodgy Asian bookmaker whose website is "under construction". Unlike us, they didn't bother to do a presser.

I'm not English, so frankly I want England to lose to Germany/France in the next round and all the drama around Grealish and Mings to end and for them to get some rest and start the Premier League season with a major chip on their shoulder.

8 hours ago, Jas10 said:

same here, massively prefer the modern lion. 

 

Lion good, badge still crap. 

Looks like Saliba is not part of Arsenal's plans for the upcoming season. Might be a good option for us. Wonder what Arsenal's asking price would be?

3 minutes ago, rayk said:

if we are considering selling Jack then yea £10m is worth a punt….but it’s £10m for Norwich and £20m for Villa.

Didnt he just have 1 year left on his contract? Probably could have signed him for a similar amount if we had gone for him.

5 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Apparently Rashica is off to Norwich?

Curious how he does in the Premier League. We can always go in for him again after Norwich get relegated.

1 hour ago, sidcow said:

Should I be worried that Jack is not one of the faces on their website? If you're sponsoring Villa and want some faces of players on your website, surely Jack would be the first one you want plastered over it? 

Could be that Jack has some sort of Image Rights clause in his contract or you need to be at a certain partner level to be able to use his image.

3 hours ago, VillaChris said:

Just something that's come to me....what would we need to achieve for NSWE to be viewed as massive success in 10 years time?

Being able to close the revenue gap with the top six clubs. That would essentially mean we are in a position to compete for trophies and Europe on a regular basis.

Except for Chukwuemeka, think most of our U18 stars need 1-2 years or  to be ready for the first team. That's why the Ashley Young signing is perfect to help bridge that time.

14 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Not beyond the realms of possibility that like other clubs, we too, will be watching the euros and Copa America etc to see if anything catches our eye.

Think those days are over.  Too much scouting and analytics these days. Euros just give the selling club an opportunity to increase the price a little if the player shines at the tournament.

11 minutes ago, TRO said:

Chinese owner probably can't get his money out of his bank. (at home)...let alone the country.

Won't be long before the Chinese owners are completely out of European football. Not good news for our WM rivals. 

Wes Edens has convinced arguably the best basketball player in the world to play professionally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin  for the past 8 seasons. Keeping Jack at Aston Villa will comparatively be a piece of cake.

26 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said:

Sidenote: it's pretty outrageous Leicester have gotten Daka with no Champions League football considering the Sky 6 after him. We had no chance. We're getting there slowly, but we need to realise that we are a way behind Leicester still. 

Their model is our model, we're making good strides and doing well to improve again... but they have this shit down pat. Beautifully run club. I hope we can still be improving in the way they have and are in 5 years time.

We are seeing a power shift from North London to the Midlands. 

8 hours ago, Pissflaps said:

Don't believe that for a second. Smith said the planning has been ongoing for a while. They won't rip those up to just suddenly decide to raise the level of finances available for players and mean replanning is needed.

Agree. I've never put much weight to anything written by Evans or Preece. Always speculative and with convenient outs to cover themselves.

Don't care about age as this is a short-term signing. As long as he is better than Elmo and Taylor I am OK with it. Presume the objective would be to fill in until the likes of Kesler and Revan are ready to step-up. We still have Guilbert, Konsa and Hause that can play the fullback positions if needed.

1 hour ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said:

Really well balanced view on England/Grealish on the latest MOMS podcast. Puts things into perspective 

Completely agree with their take. 

I want Manchester United at home. Think we'll beat them.

Our number is from the Championship, but even if it is now closer to 20M, we are still miles away from the top clubs in terms of Matchday revenues. Commercial revenue is an even wider gap.

Not fan related, but I would like to know if the club feel there is a realistic path to close the revenue gap with the Greedy 6 or will we simply have to punch above our weight and play in consecutive UCLs for that gap to be closed.