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I'd imagine the lot of them are soon to leave training..
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Would worry unless Jacko has changed his name to Umir
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Martinez posted on Instagram with him in the same shorts, would make sense for the three coming back off holiday to be doing a short training session together.
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1 minute ago, Robbie09 said:
Just had a message that Jack is meeting with Dean in London at this moment. I have asked if anyone else is in attendance ie Purslow.
Seems today is crunch time.
Damn, Wes Eden’s gotta drive from Birmingham then
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3 minutes ago, It's Your Round said:
It’s on Facebook, apparently.
So, some Russian bot factory slaves, I expect.
I think Russian bots have better targets than Aston Villa fans on Facebook Most likely The Athletic have drafted some promotions whether he goes or stays and this one got accidentally published.
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2 minutes ago, Eastie said:
Which dastardly devil wrote it ?
The Athletic themselves, unsure if that's the actual article headline or not but the caption most certainly came from them since it's a paid promotion they've put on people's news feeds.
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13 minutes ago, It's Your Round said:
Is that real? Something about that looks shopped to me.
Yeah it is. I've that exactly link and headline popping up on my Facebook since yesterday.
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Random training staffed based not at Bodymoor Heath but Villa Park too…
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So it's gone from being a done deal, to him rethinking to him now expressing concerns. All from Talksport
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Got the retro white shirt for £6 shipping, don’t think I’ll be too bothered if they cancel it
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3 minutes ago, Okonokos said:Anyone got access to the full article?
QuoteAston Villa are very hopeful that Jack Grealish will sign a new contract at the club this summer which will end any discussion of a move away for the England international in the near future.
There has been growing interest in Grealish throughout the year with a figure of £100 million estimated as the transfer fee, although it has never been the intention of Villa to sell. His weekly basic wage before bonuses is estimated to be around £100,000-a-week and any new deal would likely increase that baseline to around £150,000-a-week.
The Villa ownership have always made clear in private that they are serious about keeping their best player, a homegrown prodigy who has been at the club since the age of six, and the wealth of the individuals involved at Villa means that the offer of a British record transfer fee would not necessarily be decisive.
Grealish signed a new contract at the club in September which secures his future until 2025 and an improved deal would likely extend that for at least one year.
There has been much discussion of a £100m buyout clause in the latest deal agreed between club and player although neither side have ever confirmed its existence. Any new deal would not have a buyout clause.
A new contract for Grealish would be a clear line in the sand that the club are not prepared to sell their best talent. Grealish was hours away from joining Tottenham Hotspur in 2018 before the takeover of the club by American investor Wes Edens and his business partner Nassef Sawiris, an Egyptian billionaire. Since then Grealish has signed two new deals that have made him the best-paid player at the club.
Manchester City’s interest in the player has been the key feature of the uncertainty around his future at Villa. While the player is much admired by Pep Guardiola and his star player Kevin De Bruyne, the signing of Grealish would be a very expensive and potentially difficult deal for the Premier League champions to complete.
In the meantime Villa have made a positive start to the summer market with the club-record signing of Spanish midfielder Emi Buendia from Norwich City for £33 million. Buendia was told that the club see him as ideally compatible with Grealish.
Grealish turns 26 in September and has become a regular for England within the last 12 months. Villa are ambitious to move on from their 11th place finish last season and push for European football, an aim to which Grealish would be key.
Another year at Villa gives both player and club chance to see how far they can go together
Analysis by Sam Wallace
This was always likely to be the summer at which Jack Grealish arrived at the crossroads of his career, but with such wealthy owners at Aston Villa it is the club who control the situation.
The decision to give the 25-year-old a new deal in September has been vindicated by Grealish’s performances over a season in which he has progressed again, in spite of injury problems. Unlike Tottenham Hotspur, who have a disenchanted Harry Kane to mollify, there are more years on Grealish’s contract and tangible ambition at the club for the 2021/22 season. Villa have an experienced manager in place and the signing of Buendia was a sign that they are prepared to invest in the future.
If Grealish was serious about leaving the club then signing a contract until 2025 in a depressed pandemic-hit transfer market, which has even the wealthiest ownerships thinking twice about big transfer fees, has greatly diminished those chances.
In his public remarks the Villa academy boy has always been open about his intention to join Spurs in 2018. That deal was abandoned when the club was bought by the current ownership.
Since then the development of Villa as a stable Premier League club has been significant, and their ambitions of playing in European competition match with that of their star player.
Selling Grealish this summer would not make sense to Villa, and incentivising him with a new deal would at least give both parties space. Naturally Grealish wants to play Champions League football and another year with Villa – on a bigger salary package - would give him and the club the opportunity to see how far they might go together.
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Just now, Junxs said:When someone said "sign all the Emi's" they weren't joking!
We're gonna sign the Emirates Stadium too.
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What a picture.
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The Pfizer van in Birmingham was too popular that they've now restricted it to three post codes for it's last day today. Would've been eligible if I lived half a mile down the road... Hopefully reports of them opening up vaccinations to over 25s next week are true.
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£100m + Foden should do it
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Coinbase offering some MATIC on their earn program.
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1 minute ago, useless said:
Arsenals pursuit of Buendia is likely to depend on the future of Ødegaard, according to the telegraph article, so they may not even make a bid.
We should sign Ødegaard too just to piss them off.
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10 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:Basically saying he appreciates the Villa fans and " Good luck for the future " lol.
Like a there there pat on the back.
We've been friendzoned.
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Brilliantly infuriating.
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We're playing very well and Tottenham are playing so poop
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Brilliant finish.
Summer transfer window 2021
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Hope we go after Julian Brandt, he would be a great replacement for Grealish.