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Good man. I bet my mate a bottle of a good single malt he will stay. So also a good cause, but maybe not as good as yours.

You sure it's not your bank account that will break?

If this move fell through, would you be happy to have him back? Personally I hope it does fall through, there is a good statement from Jack and he gives an even better performance next season.

The sad thing is, one day Jack will regret it.

You know all those time last season when we brought on Davies to rescue the game? And we usually ended up dissapointed? Well, this year will be different.

That's the thing, is it once in a lifetime? If he keeps the level up City/Barca/Real will still want him in 2022. So why not see if he can push with Villa this year?

They'll be sending us cash, that's how transfers work

All this drama because of a typo?!

I'm hopeful, but resigned that he is off.

Let's not kid ourselves - he will be rotated, and I think he won't like it, but he will be a star player. He is a genius footballer, and while I'm very disappointed, he will be joining a team of players of similar ability.

Ok, now I can get back to work. But on a serious note, it's just disappointing. You don't say 'my club my city' and then move when the project seems like it's clearly moving forward. The guy is not even 26 yet. If we stay at mid table, move next season, no problem. But the timing is poor. And the PR is poor. Out of all the 'evil' team I like man city best (not to say I like them much) and I'm sure he will win stuff there. But don't come out and say shit if it's your boyhood club and then move with 4 years on the contract. If he stayed and we got CL and won a couple of cups in the next 3/4 years the guy would have had a statue outisde VP. Now he will sit on a bench in Istanbul or Vienna on Tuesdays, with a likely starting appearance against Bayern when they lose another quarterfinal.

Plot twist - Wes and Sawiris are in Manchester where Grealish is to meet them for new contract negotiations.

veeeery Delph'esque.

I'm curious what he feels like when he plays against Norwich on a Saturday only to sit on the bench in Istanbul on Tuesday. And I can assume Holte End won't be too welcoming either.

He could have, but if he stays, will a single of the doom mongering posters apologise for claiming to boo him or hoping matty cash breaks his legs? I doubt it.

Too right. What I'm annoyed is how we all loved the guy a couple of weeks ago, and now, because a couple of unreliable newspapers and twitter 'like hunters' claim he is off we question his integrity and talk about booing him. I read some comments about breaking his legs, and other poor stuff. If he goes I will be disappointed, but some people need to grow up a little, I am really disappointed by this thread.

Is it possible those sources, i.e. daily mail heard SOMETHING is happening, and the most basic conclusion is that Jack is going? Could it be that he is signing a new contract today?

get out of here with your reasonable and weighted comment. This isn't the place or the time.

I thought his medical was a week ago? Is your 'apparently' as reliable as that or do you know anything?

to be honest we have a couple of videos and a few pictures from hours and hours of training. How do we know Grealish hasn't worked as hard as others? Also, since he just came back from holiday, I guess his training might be a little different? Especially as he might still be carrying the shin problem?

He isn't leaving. If he was, he wouldn't be training with the first team, this is the most important clue we have. If he was negotiating a contract, and Smith knew he is off, he wouldn't be anywhere close the first team. He could still leave, but for me there is more evidence of him staying at this moment.

Imagine selling Jack, and ending up 11th. It can both go ways, personally I would rather he stayed and we invested in the team as we have been doing over the last 2 years.

I think "he" doesn't speak. It's his agents. Every minute of this saga is extra Jack followers and a possibility of a higher wage. Jack being silent means $$$. And that is what he pays his agents for.

Those are the same journalists that we always laugh off. The big sky looking to engineer moves. Why would there be denial from the player or the club? The player has an agent who drives his social image (and this story is getting Grealish some serious attention and $$$) and the club is waaaaay too professional to indulge in speculation or say something they might regret down the line. I'm not saying there isn't truth in the transfer story. I think city have bid £100m. But I don't see to a single thing that will convince me 'he is off'.