Stevo985 Posted August 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: I'm not complaining about the fee. £100m is a great fee and has giving us 3 very good players. I'm saying I don't see what benefit we got from giving him a new contract last year. By agreeing to the release clause (when I don't think we needed to) we lost our negotiating power with City. If they really wanted him they might have paid £110/120m or added in some youth players, or we could have just rejected their bids. But it is what it is. Maybe he wanted to leave last summer for less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post striker Posted August 6, 2021 Visiting Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Whatever way you look at it the player was holding the club to ransom with that clause. Asking for that clause meant he was only marking time with his head elsewhere. Fergie would have got rid as soon as the clause was mentioned and Villa should have done the same but as it is, Villa doubled their money through gritted teeth. It was also very telling that Purslow and the club knew this day would come so planned for it. They’ve known for some time he wasn’t 100% committed to the club. Remember Villa bought 3 players to replace one. That’s how good Grealish is. It’s a very sad day for the club & fans. Thought he was always going to be a Villan but now that we know the circumstances, he is no different to any other footballing mercenary and that for me is terribly disappointing. Edited August 6, 2021 by striker 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Interesting that Purslow said we outright batted off approaches from numerous clubs who enquired under the release clause. I wonder who they were? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Just now, Wainy316 said: Interesting that Purslow said we outright batted off approaches from numerous clubs who enquired under the release clause. I wonder who they were? I wonder about that too. Reckon there were some non English clubs in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 38 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: It’s been taken out of context. City are of course a proper football club, always have been even when they were struggling in the lower leagues. Nowadays it’s fantasy football up there, so yes they are certainly on the right path, but still not reached the pinnacle of European football just yet, although they keep winning league titles which some believe is the pinnacle. Villa has anyone with a fully functioning brain will know are also a proper football club, heading in the right direction compared to previous years. Unfortunately, City are big time, and we aren’t, that doesn’t mean we can’t eventually get to that sort of level , but it will be very hard . The facts are anyone who becomes a top player at Villa gets poached by the so called bigger clubs . City have now had 4 of our top players in recent years. It’s frustrating cos we are literally on the trajectory to being big time. Ah well I expect Chukweumeka will come through and be our next World class academy talent, thorough just won’t have the same fairy tale story behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djemba_Villan Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Interesting that Purslow said we outright batted off approaches from numerous clubs who enquired under the release clause. I wonder who they were? United Spurs City ( before they met the clause) Dortmund (Sancho money) Chelsea maybe I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted August 6, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Interesting that Purslow said we outright batted off approaches from numerous clubs who enquired under the release clause. I wonder who they were? Man U definitely one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Just now, striker said: Man U definitely one. Think they tried last summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Maybe he wanted to leave last summer for less? Maybe he did. Wouldn't have stopped us saying no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Djemba_Villan said: United Spurs City ( before they met the clause) Dortmund (Sancho money) Chelsea maybe I reckon. It would be fascinating to see how he’d get on in Germany or Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: It’s frustrating cos we are literally on the trajectory to being big time. Ah well I expect Chukweumeka will come through and be our next World class academy talent, thorough just won’t have the same fairy tale story behind it. Barry? Hasn’t been at the club since childhood but from a big Villa supporting family. His story is even cooler in a way, having come via Barcelona. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Interesting that Purslow said we outright batted off approaches from numerous clubs who enquired under the release clause. I wonder who they were? I bet Arsenal put a £40m bid in, might be why we retaliated with bids for their homeboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Barry? Hasn’t been at the club since childhood but from a big Villa supporting family. His story is even cooler in a way, having come via Barcelona. Would love Barry to become a world class striker, can you imagine! We have some truly talented academy players, the best I’ve ever known it to be, kinda sad I’m wishing my life away to see them get into the first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 12 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I remember at the time he signed his new contract people here hoping that there was a release clause in the deal. This is exactly why release clauses are never a good thing for the club (except for the indirect benefit that it gets the player to sign of course) I disagree - I think this actually shows where a release clause is a good thing for the club. It allows us to bat away offers of £50-60m from "Champions League clubs" because all parties are acutely aware of what is needed for the player to move on. Instead of having an absolute fiasco like Kane (and you could say well played Levy for digging his heels in) which becomes embarrassing, everyone knows that it takes £100m for the move to happen and everything else will be rejected. Dare I say without the release clause, this may have "only" been a £70m transfer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I bet Arsenal put a £40m bid in, might be why we retaliated with bids for their homeboy. That makes me sad, at least their homeboy stayed even though Arsenal are on the decline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 United weren’t willing to pay the money. Well, none of them were. I’d have been pissed off if he had gone to Spurs. Not exactly the big step up compared to City are they and also well known bottle jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 United bid £65 million last summer but that was before the release clause. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post It's Your Round Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Tommo_b said: That makes me sad, at least their homeboy stayed even though Arsenal are on the decline. They are at different stages in their careers. I’d be confident that if Man City came in for him with £100m in a few years when he’s just broken into the England team, and with Arsenal being mid table, he would be gone. It’s how football works, unfortunately. There are no perfect dream stories, it’s all about the dolla! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Woken up and quite honestly say I don’t care about him anymore. He’s forced this move to take the easy and soulless option of winning trophies. We’ve seen with football clubs having periods of dominance, Liverpool in the eighties, ManUre in the 90s, Chelsea and Arsenal in the 00s and now recently City. All those periods inevitably end - hopefully City are coming to end of their spell at the top and eventually without Pep they could have rockier times ahead. Pep needs to win the Champs League this season, if not (and after this massive signing) he could be out the door.. wishful thinking I know but he’s continually fluffed his CL lines. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidolon Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I thought I'd come to terms with this but now it's gone through it hits a bit different. Wasn't really prepared to lose Jack AND my job on the same day so it's probably more the latter but I'm a lot more spitefully hacked off at him than I thought I'd be honestly. I hope in a few years time when his shins go he's sat on thier bench wondering what if. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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