WallisFrizz Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, DakotaVilla said: You can’t say no if no one has made a bid and where is the evidence that we’re negotiating with City? As for Levy I’m glad that our owners nor Purslow aren’t playing to the crowd - we’re just getting on with our plans for the season. If I was going to bet money on any player going to City it would be Kane and not Jack. Ok. Maybe your right, maybe the whole thing is a figment of media imagination and Jack will rock up at BMH on Monday in his Villa training gear and life will carry on as normal. That would be so nice. I would love that. I can’t help be impressed, envious even, at people’s unwavering belief that he’s staying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 If there is no release clause why the hell would villa sell him for 75m or even 100m - even if jack secretly wanted to go? if jack comes out publicly ala Kane then it becomes a different discussion but even then if there is no release clause we don’t HAVE to sell. Also, it’s not a figment of media imagination. This is all down to leaks on the city and agent side, agents trying to get the best deal (whether jack stays or goes) and journos trying to get clicks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mazrim Posted July 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, omariqy said: I think he goes and I think he goes very soon. Owners won't want it to drag on now. Onwards and upwards. Its pure profit from and FFP perspective and means we can really splash the cash. Attracting players may be the hard but but money talks. We don't need money. It doesn't talk if we don't want to sell. And there's no upwards if we can't improve the team. Top players would be less inclined to come, the team we have is built around Jack and we'd also get ripped off from clubs knowing we have another 100m to spend. It would also kick the legs from under our commercial planning and potential for years. It's just not worth entertaining. Not now. The answer has to be NO. Jack will understand. He can still achieve his ambitions with this club. He claimed that less than a tear ago when he signed his last contract. If we start going backwards, fine. Nobody would begrudge him a move. As things stand, most would. I trust NSWE to get this right. And there is only one right answer. Edited July 30, 2021 by Mazrim 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kiwivillan Posted July 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) If we tolerate this then our Watkins will be next Edited July 30, 2021 by Kiwivillan 7 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: What I still don't understand after it has allegedly been a "done deal" for ages according to some, why would Grealish bother doing 3 smiley emojis with love hearts on Buendia social media post of his first day at training a couple of weeks ago? I’ve been thinking this too. I know it’s such a simple thing for the lad to do, but I just don’t think you’d do that if you had your heart set on leaving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, WallisFrizz said: Too much smoke. If we were the buying club fans in this situation, no way would we be doubting that this was likely to happen. There would be “it’s happening” gifs all over the shop. Look, I’m gutted about it, I would seriously love it if there were a massive plot twist and NWSE came good but I think he’s off. I hope I’m wrong. If it falls through now though, we’d be going through the same thing again in Jan. Nothing will happen in Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alreadyexists Posted July 30, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2021 I really can’t see him leaving. Why now? We’ve just had our best season in ages, he’s a Villa fan, we’ve signed new players. He’s been liking and tweeting about Villa stuff all along… It would surprise me massively if he were to go. Don’t let the media ruin our relationship with our Captain and legend Jack. That’s exactly what they want. Nothing has changed as things stand. He’s still our player and a fan and a great lad. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I think the media are about a week behind events. Got a feeling this was sorted a few days ago and the announcement on the new contract will be jacks first day back. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, WallisFrizz said: Maybe, you’re right. I hope you are. I just think if reports were incorrect, we’d have heard about it by now. Villa have their own journos. I think Percy would have been fed a little something to say it’s all rubbish that we’re negotiating. Because like people have said, it affects our transfer business. Nobody has said we are negotiating. It just says the clubs are communicating. What does that even mean? Most likely, will you sell us Jack for £60m?…………….ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ……now please do one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 The reports do make me laugh. We are in talks, how long would those talks actually last? “we want your best player” “No chance he isn’t for sale at any price. Bye don’t call back” talks over. It makes out that we are trying to find a way to make the deal happen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Older Samoan guy at work, long time Manure fan, said today to me looks like Grealish is going to City. I said yeah yeah it's all paper talk. He said but was in Guardian and that's pretty reliable. I said let's have a look at article and see who they quoting. Googled it and the author of article is... duh duh duh... Fabrizio Romano loool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just rejecting £100m is showing Jack how ambitious we are. He will be impressed by that statement of intent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichiBoi11 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 If Jack does go then all I can say is he isn't the man I thought he was. And I'm not saying anything wildly negative about him moving forwards, but he always struck me as a man of his word, and he said he was fully committed to the project (which is still on track) when he signed 10 months ago. If that's no longer the case I think him leaving says more about him than the club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KangarooVillan Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 hours ago, WallisFrizz said: Too much smoke. If we were the buying club fans in this situation, no way would we be doubting that this was likely to happen. There would be “it’s happening” gifs all over the shop. Look, I’m gutted about it, I would seriously love it if there were a massive plot twist and NWSE came good but I think he’s off. I hope I’m wrong. If it falls through now though, we’d be going through the same thing again in Jan. Sure, we did exactly that with ESR but then what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Older Samoan guy at work, long time Manure fan, said today to me looks like Grealish is going to City. I said yeah yeah it's all paper talk. He said but was in Guardian and that's pretty reliable. I said let's have a look at article and see who they quoting. Googled it and the author of article is... duh duh duh... Fabrizio Romano loool With a story like this it only takes one paper to write an article and then they all write the same thing because they don’t want to be left out so they end up all being right or all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KangarooVillan Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, WallisFrizz said: Ok. Maybe your right, maybe the whole thing is a figment of media imagination and Jack will rock up at BMH on Monday in his Villa training gear and life will carry on as normal. That would be so nice. I would love that. I can’t help be impressed, envious even, at people’s unwavering belief that he’s staying. My lord, don’t be so dramatic. It’s not unwavering belief - there’s a chance he may go, but nothing outside of speculation has been reported to suggest Jack or Villa are keen. If anything, it’s YOUR unwavering belief that we will be wishing him bon voyage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman22 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 The only way this transfer happens is if Jack goes to the owners and says he wants out and I can't see the that happening. Personally, I think if a we're offered 100mil+ the club have to consider the offer. I'm not saying they should accept but it's a huge offer and had to be looked and evaluated. As has been said by everyone replacing Jack is impossible, our play style is based around him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Are Villa really entertaining selling our best player two weeks before the season? If this is true it's absolutely crazy, what about four years left on his contract...his marketing and image rights alone are worth more to Villa than £100 million. I just don't believe how selling him makes any sense unless he is carrying a persistent injury? This, it would be madness to see him now , his value will increase and I’m sure we as a club will be in a better position next year -Jack cannot force the issue , if there is no clause then he’s not for sale - Make that crystal clear and let’s worry about getting players in and stop this speculation Edited July 30, 2021 by Eastie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Herman22 said: The only way this transfer happens is if Jack goes to the owners and says he wants out and I can't see the that happening. Personally, I think if a we're offered 100mil+ the club have to consider the offer. I'm not saying they should accept but it's a huge offer and had to be looked and evaluated. As has been said by everyone replacing Jack is impossible, our play style is based around him. If he does then we say no , sorry Jack you signed a 5 yr deal only 10 months ago City would not be pursuing him if he was not interested in the move . Edited July 30, 2021 by Eastie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 We should put a bid in for KDB and Rodri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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