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Scissors&Tape

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Won't a new contract exacerbate their FFP woes?

I wonder, have any teams ever been denied promotion for violating FFP?
 

George94

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Villa promoted = no chance.
Villa stay in Championship = good chance.

Would he still be a player of interest to us come the end of the season though? He'll be nearly 24 and would have played Championship football for two seasons.

In my opinion he won't progress much this season, not as much as he could have with us at least - he needed to make that step up this season to fulfil a lot of his potential.

Not sure Jack Grealish in a years time will be a particularly attractive option for us, especially if he signs a new contract. Can only imagine any buy out clause will be £30m+
 

ToDarrenIsToDo

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Would he still be a player of interest to us come the end of the season though? He'll be nearly 24 and would have played Championship football for two seasons.

In my opinion he won't progress much this season, not as much as he could have with us at least - he needed to make that step up this season to fulfil a lot of his potential.

Not sure Jack Grealish in a years time will be a particularly attractive option for us, especially if he signs a new contract. Can only imagine any buy out clause will be £30m+

Very good point. I think this years worth of development would have been crucial to his progress. Sad to say but I can see him not becoming half the player he could have been because of how things went this summer. Being 24 and so talented yet not having a genuine chance to test yourself at the top level is worrying for any aspiring footballer. His body will have adjusted to the pace of the lower league games and that might come back to haunt him and his confidence levels/ ability as he enters his mid twenties
 

ToDarrenIsToDo

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Grealish & Sessegnon's contracts both expire in 2020. I bet our boardroom boys are keeping a real close eye on what happens next with those two
 

Johnny J

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Grealish & Sessegnon's contracts both expire in 2020. I bet our boardroom boys are keeping a real close eye on what happens next with those two
I'm sure we will, but if they keep developing - particularly Sessegnon - then the money clubs will blow us out of the water. I think we should have gone all in for RS last summer.
 

Gilzeanking

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Bit unfortunate the way this panned out....

Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce says Tottenham would have signed English midfielder Jack Grealish this summer had they come in for the 22-year-old earlier. (Talksport)
 

worcestersauce

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Bit unfortunate the way this panned out....

Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce says Tottenham would have signed English midfielder Jack Grealish this summer had they come in for the 22-year-old earlier. (Talksport)
That's the line Villa are spinning, "well they obviously weren't that serious Jack as if they were they'd have come in for you sooner, clearly you can't trust them so you'd be better off signing this nice shiney new contract with us".
 

dtxspurs

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That's the line Villa are spinning, "well they obviously weren't that serious Jack as if they were they'd have come in for you sooner, clearly you can't trust them so you'd be better off signing this nice shiney new contract with us".
Doesn't it seem like that was the case though? Levy was trying to get the better deal rather than actually wanting the player really really bad and just getting it done.
 

worcestersauce

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Doesn't it seem like that was the case though? Levy was trying to get the better deal rather than actually wanting the player really really bad and just getting it done.
That's what they are trying to convince him of, there's absolutely no certainty that was the case though, they wanted a fee it was met they changed it, trusting people to keep their word like Levy does can sometimes catch you out.
 

dtxspurs

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That's what they are trying to convince him of, there's absolutely no certainty that was the case though, they wanted a fee it was met they changed it, trusting people to keep their word like Levy does can sometimes catch you out.
They had a fee under previous ownership though. That obviously wasn't what the new owners were going to accept.
 

worcestersauce

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They had a fee under previous ownership though. That obviously wasn't what the new owners were going to accept.
The club gave their word to Grealish and the club went back on it's word, the new owners knew the club had given it's word to Grealish and went back on it, they didn't discuss it with him and come to an agreement they just failed to keep the club's promise, if Levy is guilty of anything it's thinking the best of people and judging them by his own standards.
 

Locotoro

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I doubt that we will be back in for Grealish.

As others have mentioned he'll be 25 after another year in the championship and we'd have spent a year with, hopefully, a fit winks and a determined Onomah who will have opportunities to stake their claim to a squad place.

If outside players are brought in for a midfield slot it won't be Grealish.
 

Dougal

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Just a reminder, Brentford game about to start. Body language people. Body language.
 
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