Eastie

Maybe he’s gonna be jacks new driver

Come back and tell us more you old rascal

Maybe if he stays yes I’d get that .

Why are people going on city forums ? I can’t think of anything worse than seeing those plastic fans gloat and taunt us over him

Our last game is at city , watching him celebrate with the title would be very tough to take

I don’t think it’s all about money - I think there is some ambition in there too playing at champions league , winning trophies etc besides the money - sadly that doesn’t make the pill any less bitter though . we will see in time but things are unravelling and sadly I do not think Jack will kick a ball for us again - Social media will be shit for a few days so best to avoid the circus for a while u til the dust settles . it stinks but I think he’s off

Sadly , I can see him doing so .

Did you get it from football insider today? It is expected that the England international, 25, will move to Etihad Stadium when he returns from holiday “next week”. Villa have tried to keep hold of their talisman with the offer of a double-your-money contract. But he has his heart set on joining Pep Guardiola’s champions and now it is a matter of the two club’s agreeing the fee. Grealish is keen to leave Villa on good terms, the source explained, due to his relationship with his boyhood club. https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-jack-grealish-set-to-join-man-city-next-week-from-aston-villa/

Maybe Jack is being pushed by his agent - pity he didn’t choose a different agent but I guess they are pretty much all in it for the money

Can’t have your cake and eat it , pretty clear if he left it would be against villa wishes and down to him

It was similar last summer , it just drags on

That is just your opinion though and you know no more than any of us do in fairness - we need to wait and see , villa would want to keep any clause secret as much as possible - percy is one of many journalists who think there is a clause . I personally do not think city would have a hope in hell of getting grealish without a clause . they would know there was no chance of villa selling . Time will tell

I don’t think city will get Kane and grealish - their need for a striker is surely greater ?

The only people who really know are those high up in the chain at villa - anything else is speculation and nobody on here knows for sure - we need to wait and see .

If he does he may well be in talks with the club on the day he returns - but certainly by this time next week the picture should be clearer

I don’t think city would even be bothering trying if there wasn’t one , villa would simply not sell - city must be of the belief he’s gettable and if percy thinks there is a clause I’d tend to trust his judgement .

One would hope that we’d have a certain date it had to be activated by if so , obviously not letting it go to deadline day

His value now is higher than year ago but £100m a year ago would have been more likely I’d think

Probably only way jack would agree a new 5 year deal - perfectly understandable on his side and would at least give the club a substantial fee hopefully

Certainly wouldn’t expect it to be under £100m

Found the percy article from jacks sept contract new deal , couldn’t post whole article as file too big , the purslow no clauses interview was from before this deal was done

Indeed , none of us know so let’s wait and see how it all develops - Jack said last year he wasn’t sure what to do 24 hours before he agreed his new deal until the owners convinced him of their ambitions and he bought into the project - let’s hope that is the situation again but we cannot have this circus every summer. anyone who thinks there’s nothing in city’s interest or Jack would never contemplate leaving villa is living in cloud cuckoo land . we will speak to him on Monday and hopefully get a positive end to things . I’m not bothering with the thread now until we know the outcome as it’s too time consuming and people are posting the same things over and over ,

Is that the deposit ?

I am sure we are but ideally its good to get a couple of pre season games in with new players if possible - weve lost engels taylor elmo heaton so a bit light in cover

The posts from fairy seemed plausible but I wasn’t aware of any past history with his info from last year - open minded on it all , just wish we get a decision quickly so we can prepare for the season ahead - I think we need 2 or 3 more players in yet .