Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish hurt can turn into ‘exciting’ £100m rebuild – what comes next

The British switch report is about to tumble within the subsequent 48 hours as Jack Grealish switches Aston Villa for Manchester Metropolis.

The £100million deal edged nearer this morning as the 2 golf equipment agreed a payment for the Villa ahead

Right here is the most recent from each camps because the transfer is about to materialise…

Aston Villa

Ashley Preece, Birmingham Reside

What’s Villa’s present stance on Grealish?

The membership aren’t talking and have not since Metropolis first registered their curiosity earlier this summer season.

I feel supporters have been proper to learn into Villa announcing their Leon Bailey agreement lower than 24 hours after Metropolis tabled their £100million bid for Grealish final week realizing it might ease nervousness amongst the fanbase.

Villa additionally formally introduced £30million Bailey in all probability in preparation for the Grealish storm to play out.

Reviews counsel that Villa had an settlement with Grealish ought to a £100million supply are available in – and that appears to have been the case now.

Is there a timescale for the following transfer?

As our colleagues on the Manchester Night Information perceive, Grealish could well be holding a City shirt and scarf aloft within the 24 hours and that prospect for Villa followers is, let’s face it, sickening.

Villa nonetheless have one other day and night at their London coaching camp whereas it is understood that Grealish has made his strategy to Manchester this morning to finish his transfer.

Grealish, after all, has remained skilled all through realizing he reported again in for coaching as quickly as he landed again within the UK on Sunday.

Why has it come to this?

It is third time fortunate, is not it, after Grealish was near shifting to Spurs in 2018 and, in 2020, Manchester United. Metropolis have gone full-hammer to get the England man in who’s little doubt spoken to the likes of Phil Foden,. Raheem Sterling, John Stones and others.

From a Villa fan perspective, it is disheartening to know Grealish penned his £125,000-a-week deal simply 11 months in the past and captioned his put up with, ‘My metropolis. My membership. My dwelling. UTV.’

I am upset realizing the season begins in 10 days; Villa followers are proper to be considerably outraged the way it’s come to this however the present goes on.

What comes subsequent for Villa?

The membership strikes on. With Emi Buendia, Bailey, Ollie Watkins and £100million to spend then the rebuild needs to be an thrilling one.

Liverpool did precisely this once they offered Philippe Coutinho and acquired Allison, Virgil van Djik and Mo Salah and many others.

Villa’s squad will profit massively from this however, total, I am sitting right here like I’ve simply been punched within the abdomen. Grealish turning his again on Villa, one thing I believed was unimaginable, simply hurts.

Manchester Metropolis

Stuart Brennan, Manchester Night Information

What’s Metropolis’s present stance on Grealish?

Metropolis have gone into radar silence, which is the norm for them when a giant switch is about to interrupt. However we all know on Friday they put within the £100million bid which triggered the settlement Grealish appears to have had with Villa they usually have been quietly assured of getting it over the road ever since.

Is there a timescale for the following transfer?

Grealish might journey to Manchester at present if the main points of the transfer are all in place – however it may very well be tomorrow earlier than he has a medical and completes the transfer.

The issue with transfers, particularly these of this magnitude, is that they usually hit last-minute hitches, so no-one needs to be too stunned if it does not occur within the subsequent 24 hours.

So if all goes easily – and it hardly ever does – it may very well be Wednesday, however Thursday appears extra possible for completion. And whether or not the announcement is made at present, tomorrow or has to attend one other day, stays to be seen.

What does this imply for Kane transfer?

It makes no distinction. Metropolis nonetheless need to land Kane, and are pushing to get that one over the road too.

They may get each accomplished for lower than Chelsea spent final summer season, and can off-set the fee by promoting a bunch of fringe gamers, and getting £11million from Jadon Sancho’s transfer to United.

There is also a big-name transfer to steadiness the books, if a deal could be labored out in tough instances.

Will we anticipate any outgoings in consequence?

The names that preserve cropping up are Gabriel Jesus and Bernardo Silva, with the latter actively looking for a transfer that he was denied final summer season.

The issue is that few Continental golf equipment have cash to spend because of the lockdown hitting funds, and letting go a serious participant like Bernardo or Jesus for subsequent to nothing would defeat the thing.

The noise round Riyad Mahrez going has gone quiet after he re-affirmed his dedication to the membership and has had a blinding pre-season, whereas Raheem Sterling is predicted to have talks a few doable new contract after he returns.