Jack Grealish - Winger Completes Move to Man City

[Dr. Gonzo]

8 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said:

Dry those tears Pep

 

[Happy Blue]

8 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said:

This must be why he promoted Foden instead of paying 500million for an equal player, he's saved us a fortune 

[Happy Blue]

1 minute ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Dry those tears Pep

 

Messi might be coming yet too 

[LFCMike]

1 hour ago, Happy Blue said:

He's going to be competing with Sterling & Foden, Sterling couldn't get a game last season due to Foden and Sane left due to Sterling being on fire the season before   ..we have have bought a player for one of our strongest positions.  ..Sterling can play on the right but then he's up against Mahrez, Bernardo & Torres, Foden can play central  ..i wonder if Sterling will stick around with all this competition for game time   Jack must of had assurances before agreeing to sign.

Bernardo is fed up of not playing too and Laporte is also sulking 

The only outfield players to make more league appearances than Sterling last season for Man City were Dias and Rodri. I don't buy this idea that he's out of favour.

[DeadLinesman]

Pep on his way to the bank when Barsa released that statement……..

 

[Stan]

4 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said:

Pep on his way to the bank when Barsa released that statement……..

 

City sending Grealish back after tonight's announcement

 

[Happy Blue]

4 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said:

Pep on his way to the bank when Barsa released that statement……..

 

 

When that statement dropped i was thinking this 

 

 

[Happy Blue]

So the question is forget Kane and play Messi as a false 9 then pick up Haaland in the summer for 68million   ..i bet Kane is having some hot sweats right about now 

[Dr. Gonzo]

8 minutes ago, Happy Blue said:

So the question is forget Kane and play Messi as a false 9 then pick up Haaland in the summer for 68million   ..i bet Kane is having some hot sweats right about now 

Kane's probably been having hot sweats a month into last season, tbh. If he wanted to spend his peak years contending for titles, he either should have insisted on a release clause in his current contract or asked for fewer years.

He's given Spurs so much leverage over his future by still having 3 years left on his contract. He's sort of penned himself into this situation, where there was always a possibility his top choice to move to would pull out if something happened in the transfer market.

Messi being available as a free agent is certainly something happening in the transfer market, and I suspect Citeh are among the most interested clubs for him.

[Redcanuck]

I don't see how Grealish improves City that much.  He's a great player but he will be competing for playing time  with 4 or 5 other very good players who play similar positions. He maybe slightly better than most of them but not that much better. Now Kane on the other hand gives City something they don't have.  Whether they need it or not to win the league again is another question.

[Stan]

Six year deal!

 

 

[Waylander]

10 minutes ago, Redcanuck said:

I don't see how Grealish improves City that much.  He's a great player but he will be competing for playing time  with 4 or 5 other very good players who play similar positions. He maybe slightly better than most of them but not that much better. Now Kane on the other hand gives City something they don't have.  Whether they need it or not to win the league again is another question.

I'm a little surprised too £100m for a talented player yet one with little pace, hope for Grealish's sake Pep has seen a way to use him better than at Villa. 

[Happy Blue]

16 minutes ago, Stan said:

Six year deal!

 

 

I'm glad him getting a hair cut was part of the agreement 

[Batard]

The fee makes sense now, it was his release clause

[Happy Blue]

21 minutes ago, Batard said:

The fee makes sense now, it was his release clause

We didn't pay 100million though (not yet anyway)  it's 75million with add on's so not an English record

As per a report by Football Insider, "the initial cost for Manchester City is believed to be £75 million with a further £25 million attached as success-based incentives.

These incentives would typically cover aspects such as Premier League title wins, Champions League wins, as well as overall appearances made by Jack Grealish at Manchester City during his time with the club."

https://www.si.com/soccer/manchestercity/transfer-rumours/new-report-reveals-man-city-secure-jack-grealish-for-cut-price-amid-suggestions-of-100m-transfer-fee

[Honey Honey]

Grealish signing makes no sense to me unless Pep plans on making Man City a set piece team and needs a free kick winner 

[Happy Blue]

20 minutes ago, The Premier Steve's said:

Grealish signing makes no sense to me unless Pep plans on making Man City a set piece team and needs a free kick winner 

We already have Sterling for that 

[Rick]

Shame he has went to those bags of shit. 

[Stan]

Sickening 

 

 

 

[Whiskey]

Is right Jack.

[Fairy In Boots]

On 04/08/2021 at 14:12, Lucas said:

Is this the @Fairy In Boots that used to post here? 

Please say it is 

 

It was me I’m very angry I know a lot about this deal as I knew a lot about what has gone before. I can’t share it but put it this way Villa have been fucked over massively by the Grealish camp.

[Rick]

19 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said:

It was me I’m very angry I know a lot about this deal as I knew a lot about what has gone before. I can’t share it but put it this way Villa have been fucked over massively by the Grealish camp.

The 100m they’ve rinsed from City should make it better. 

[RandoEFC+]

Anyone else just not arsed by the Harlem Globetrotters tier of football anymore?

I'm finding it really hard to be interested or excited about any of it. I'm desensitised to the actual numbers now because I simply can't comprehend them.

This summer, Everton aren't able to spend £20m on a full back, which we can afford comfortably, but aren't allowed to spend because of Financial "Fair Play". I know that we don't deserve much sympathy for all of the money we've wasted but even what we've done is a drop in the ocean compared to the likes of City, United and Chelsea. Our club transfer record is just over £40m. These three clubs can almost field full 18 man matchday squads now of players worth more than that. Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs aren't in the same bracket. You can see the latter pair getting detached already and Liverpool are only a couple of poor transfer windows away from heading in the same direction.

People will use Leicester as an example that you can still compete on a budget but it isn't realistic. They've sustained an astonishingly good recruitment programme for several years which has allowed some of that Mahrez, Kante and Maguire money to trickle down and give them wriggle room but it isn't sustainable. They still can't finish ahead of Man Utd who may as well have been run by a primary school class with some of the money they've wasted over the past 5 years. And Chelsea spent some absurd amount on Werner, Ziyech and Havertz last summer, didn't really work out the way they wanted even if they did win the Champions League. If Financial "Fair Play" actually applies to these clubs then why can they just go and spend another 100 million this summer on Lukaku?

I'm just not arsed anymore. It isn't just bitter lemons that Everton have wasted so much money because even if we'd got most of our spending and recruitment right, the reality is that we'd just be closer to the glass ceiling than we are now. Under the current system there is just no dream of establishing yourself as an elite club, and that's coming from a top ten team. The sooner the Harlem Globetrotter teams clear off into their Super League the better.

City and Chelsea spending £100m+ on single players while clubs all the way down the pyramid have had to rely on handouts, fundraising and goodness knows what else just to stay in business. Utter shite. 

[LFCMadLad]

34 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

Anyone else just not arsed by the Harlem Globetrotters tier of football anymore?

I'm finding it really hard to be interested or excited about any of it. I'm desensitised to the actual numbers now because I simply can't comprehend them.

This summer, Everton aren't able to spend £20m on a full back, which we can afford comfortably, but aren't allowed to spend because of Financial "Fair Play". I know that we don't deserve much sympathy for all of the money we've wasted but even what we've done is a drop in the ocean compared to the likes of City, United and Chelsea. Our club transfer record is just over £40m. These three clubs can almost field full 18 man matchday squads now of players worth more than that. Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs aren't in the same bracket. You can see the latter pair getting detached already and Liverpool are only a couple of poor transfer windows away from heading in the same direction.

People will use Leicester as an example that you can still compete on a budget but it isn't realistic. They've sustained an astonishingly good recruitment programme for several years which has allowed some of that Mahrez, Kante and Maguire money to trickle down and give them wriggle room but it isn't sustainable. They still can't finish ahead of Man Utd who may as well have been run by a primary school class with some of the money they've wasted over the past 5 years. And Chelsea spent some absurd amount on Werner, Ziyech and Havertz last summer, didn't really work out the way they wanted even if they did win the Champions League. If Financial "Fair Play" actually applies to these clubs then why can they just go and spend another 100 million this summer on Lukaku?

I'm just not arsed anymore. It isn't just bitter lemons that Everton have wasted so much money because even if we'd got most of our spending and recruitment right, the reality is that we'd just be closer to the glass ceiling than we are now. Under the current system there is just no dream of establishing yourself as an elite club, and that's coming from a top ten team. The sooner the Harlem Globetrotter teams clear off into their Super League the better.

City and Chelsea spending £100m+ on single players while clubs all the way down the pyramid have had to rely on handouts, fundraising and goodness knows what else just to stay in business. Utter shite. 

It's how I feel. Never been so disinterested in football. 

[Devil-Dick Willie]

52 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

Anyone else just not arsed by the Harlem Globetrotters tier of football anymore?

I'm finding it really hard to be interested or excited about any of it. I'm desensitised to the actual numbers now because I simply can't comprehend them.

This summer, Everton aren't able to spend £20m on a full back, which we can afford comfortably, but aren't allowed to spend because of Financial "Fair Play". I know that we don't deserve much sympathy for all of the money we've wasted but even what we've done is a drop in the ocean compared to the likes of City, United and Chelsea. Our club transfer record is just over £40m. These three clubs can almost field full 18 man matchday squads now of players worth more than that. Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs aren't in the same bracket. You can see the latter pair getting detached already and Liverpool are only a couple of poor transfer windows away from heading in the same direction.

People will use Leicester as an example that you can still compete on a budget but it isn't realistic. They've sustained an astonishingly good recruitment programme for several years which has allowed some of that Mahrez, Kante and Maguire money to trickle down and give them wriggle room but it isn't sustainable. They still can't finish ahead of Man Utd who may as well have been run by a primary school class with some of the money they've wasted over the past 5 years. And Chelsea spent some absurd amount on Werner, Ziyech and Havertz last summer, didn't really work out the way they wanted even if they did win the Champions League. If Financial "Fair Play" actually applies to these clubs then why can they just go and spend another 100 million this summer on Lukaku?

I'm just not arsed anymore. It isn't just bitter lemons that Everton have wasted so much money because even if we'd got most of our spending and recruitment right, the reality is that we'd just be closer to the glass ceiling than we are now. Under the current system there is just no dream of establishing yourself as an elite club, and that's coming from a top ten team. The sooner the Harlem Globetrotter teams clear off into their Super League the better.

City and Chelsea spending £100m+ on single players while clubs all the way down the pyramid have had to rely on handouts, fundraising and goodness knows what else just to stay in business. Utter shite. 

It's always funny to see this stuff from Premier league fans 

"My peasant clubs record transfer is $40 000 000."

Woe is you, mines $15 000 000 on a player you guys didn't want anymore.