The inside story of Jack Grealish's £100m transfer
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Jack Grealish has signed for Man City. We all know that. But how did that move come about?
How long has Guardiola admired Grealish? How did Villa come to a valuation of £100 million? Who else was involved in the deal?
The Athletic’s Gregg Evans, David Ornstein and Sam Lee explain.
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I thought that the picture shown was of Grealish's actual family until I was told it wasn't.
in other words, exactly how a player should act during a transfer saga like this
Easy when you've got a clause and not a gentleman's agreement. Players are being had over by their grifter robber barron chairman
@Lesego Probably the worst contract signing of all time. Being slaved by Daniel Levy. Mino Raoila / Jorge Mendes would have done a better job. At least they cared about their players + $$$$$$
@Lesego if kane had any brain in that ugly head he would know there is absolutely no chance totenham would sell him to their rivals. Not even raoila could help him
@@azrrrrrrrr he signed a 6 year deal with no release clause, a top agent would probably have suggested one in his contract
@@hiyashinsu17 Yes. A top player agent would have make a release clause. They would not want their players being enslaved by a club.
More like, exactly how a player with a release clause in their contract, who doesn’t need to force a way out should behave.
Specially if they find a club willing to pay the insane release clause ^^
@@mafiousbj Yeah 😂
Not just that though, did you watch it?
Villa delayed excepting formally until they got other players in which was smart as those selling clubs didn’t know Villa had 100m on the way. Also City paying over 3 years for Grealish. Good info
RIP Kane 😂😂
Funny that Man City's offer was exactly the amount in the release clause. Not sure it was as top secret as people think!
Next up: The Inside Story of Jack Grealish's Low Socks
That would be quite something
Or why a player who gets fouls as much as he does has the tiniest shin pads?
Because no socks ever made are powerful enough to contain those calves
I am not sure I would go deep inside on this one
That video would have more views than this.
You didn't have to drop that VDB dagger through my heart mid videeo
Imagine buying a 100 M player just to rotate him...City´s owners spending knows no bounds
Every player gets rotated, that's why you invest in squad depth. Multiple sales + Sancho sell-on clause also freed up plenty of money. Grealish is going to be one of our key players for the next six years at least, Pep is going to unleash his potential. He won't play every game in a season because we don't want to inflict and persistent injury problems on him, nor do we want to rely on him to the extent that, for example, Man U. rely on Bruno.
@@songbird5842 I don't remember Messi or CR7 being rotated much at their peak in Spain, save for games when most of the main squad was subbed out to rest (which definitively helped to keep their scoring so high)
The thing is, people are trying to normalize spending 100 M on a bench player the club really didn't need. If you truly wanted squad depth they could have bought 3 30 M players and have 10 M to spare, but I guess grabbing headlines and merchandising are key parts of this signing too, not just the sporting side.
@@mafiousbj capmparing grealish to the two best players…. anyway. he’s not a bench player. has played more minutes this season than uniteds varane VDB and sancho. he’s here to be the future of the team seeing as they gave him the 10. only city player that avoids rotation is kevin. that’s why city continue to win and advance to semi finals. but i’ll let pep know mafious bj knows more about his plans and squad building than him
@@laurent4819 and dias. And ederson. Thats three players always playing when fit unless its carabao.
Or you could buy Van de Beek and never play him...
That drawing of Foden always cracks me up.
I’m sure James Ward-Prowse has a buy out clause in the new deal he has just signed.
150 mill 😭😭😭
3:23 Ole clearly didn’t think so. Guy barely kicks a ball for United.
Replacing gundogan with grealish is very very easy in comparison to replacing VDB for Bruno/Pogba but yeah, keep your agendas I guess
Clearly u know more than the Manager bro
Idk why top clubs r not after u
@@adityaup14 haha that is sharp comment 👍👍👍
Van De Beek would never play instead of Bruno, and United don't really use a CM role and even thought Donny could play CDM he isn't that suited to it unlike other players in the squad, for Donny to get more gametime United would have to change their whole philosophy, although I still think he should get more gametime especially in big games
@@pervenchemusic mate, we play Fred in the pivot. The man is a midfielder who can’t pass a ball, are you seriously saying Fred would do a better job than donny?
Pep playing Grealish at right centre back in the Champions League final: confirmed.
He would still be better than nathan ake
Here we go again 🙄..... obviously hes strating at GK duhhhhhh
The amount being paid for mediocre players is ridiculous. Mbappé aside, hasn't anyone noticed that every £100m player has not been worth it or out and out flops?
Seems like 100 m is the starting price nowadays 😕
£100m was the minimum value JG was worth to Villa. He helped us get promoted and kept Villa up in the PL for two seasons. That is a guaranteed £300m of PL television money he helped to generate during our return to the top flight.
Once he became the nations hero at the Euro's, his value only accelerates during the rest of his 20's. That is unless he gets seriously injured over the next few years. He only started once for England during the Euro 2020 tournament. The more his personal numbers go up over the next 2 seasons, the more likely that price holds or even increases. He hasnt even played in the CL yet. Aguero + David Silva now gone and De Bruyne is now 30. Grealish is the potential replacement for their creativity/goals, along with another new striker when City sign one.
Mbappe didnt even win the French league last season, with Neymar, Icardi, Di Maria and Verratti backing him up. He didnt score in any game for France during the Euro's after starting all their games. France were knocked out by Switzerland on pens.
Blame real madrid. They started this trend
@@lauralassan325 PSG and Barcelona genuis
Barca’s 3 players - all flops
Bale and Ronaldo - success
Neymar & mpbappe - done ok
Grealish, will do what he does but is worth 40-50m anyway
the donny van de beek illustration looks like a blonde younger joe
Looks as big as a joke as utd signing him thinking he represents better value than grealish 😂
@@GuinessOriginal ole doesn't know how to use the kid. He's a top quality player. He's more of an 8 than 6 or 10 hence Ole has a problem on there to use him.
@@GuinessOriginal VdB for 35m is better value than Grealish for 100m lol. VdB is a top quality player, don't let last season fool you
van de beek is very very good, ole just doesnt know how to use him.
@@vapour9000 sure, I guess, if you like paying 35m for bench warmers who are behind matic, Fred and an injured mctominay and not good enough to play in a draw against Southampton. Let’s see who gets the most minutes, best stats and most trophies this season
I feel he can be even more deadly alongside kdb if city can't get kane.
Kane has already announced that he is staying in Spurs.
@@23_srinjoy79 viva la Kane
It’s disappointing the release clause wasn’t a 100m lump sum, paid in instalments only helps city circumvent ffp more
no it doesn't.
Thought they could just re-balance their books whenever under the "sponsor money", no?
@@nst1981 spreading the cost does help, distorts any required breakeven
@@philthornton1382 the debt is still counted as a cost just because it isn't paid
That's just how amortization works.
Good business for Villa, Man City paid a premium of maybe 30 or 40 million.
Maybe. People said the same when we bought KDB for 55 mil 6 years back. He's 30 now, I am sure the board thinks Grealish would be what KDB is to city in 3-4 years time, price tag wouldn't matter then.
@@trusttheprocess256 No way. Grealish won’t get more than 10 assists a year
@@007Fusiion it's not just assists idk when fools like you will understand football is more than G+A
@@trusttheprocess256 I understand that but I wouldn’t spend a 100m on a player that “sucks defenders in” and “keeps possession”. Especially when I’ve got 4 players like that already.
@@007Fusiion sorry for calling you a fool. No we don't have someone like Grealish in our team (maybe foden is the closest). He will bring a new dimension to the team & eventually will take the torch from KDB as he's already 30.
Brilliant as always! 👏🏼
A bit of the romanticism of football was lost that day. Screw the sky 6 and Oil City.
The premier league itself is to blame, there’s no innocent prem side
Oil city will buy your whole family. Cringeworthy loser fans complaining because their pathetic club can't win games hehe
The fact that other Premiere League teams are not as wealthy or don't have "oil money" has nothing to do with Manchester City. Maybe the other clubs should start making alliances or sell some stakes or have a better program academy. Stop bringing up oil money at every turn. The football clubs must figure out how to compete.
@@sebastiandade6132 Right. The only way to compete is to have other Oil nations buy your club. It’s no coincidence that the Gulf States clubs are all around the Top 10 teams in the world.
“Oil money has nothing to do with Manchester City”. So a lower table team all of a sudden was able to win most of the league titles in the last decade?
@@Joot_Doctor arsenal, mu and liverpool are bottom for a good decade with same wealth. And dont act like Liverpool players before cash from Coutinho left are paid with leaves. You just cant accept City manage their football right and blaming their money.
No matter how much he says we won’t buy athletic
When there is one football
@@George-eu6hk A good app for the fans. Maybe the athletic is better for those serious football viewers.
@@George-eu6hk one football isn’t serious news but glad you have something for free.
Ur missing out
Can you do a video of the Inside Story of Ashley Coles transfer to Chelsea which includes the tapping up prior to the move?
Always top notch Tifo, can you do one on Harry Clause Kane next? On how not to act and what not to do to get a transfer (use your brother as your agent)?
General query: If Grealish to United had been completed last season, would he have received the same treatment as Van De Beek?
I think so.
No because the English media would have hounded Ole
No. because he's English
@@oliverswales5604 It's not a hidden fact that Grealish was their 1st choice for a box-to-box midfielder and not VDB. But still, benching VDB and playing McTominay? I just cannot understand this.
@@sparkling.water. Same here, confusing as heck to me. Hopefully he gets game time this season.
The powers at be are rewriting FFP, but it was a flawed and unfair system from conception only intending to maintain the status quo. What they should be rewriting are the rules and requirements of OWNERS. The gulf in the quality of owners to toxic ones is massive
Grealish will play most of the season while MC rests players like Gungogan and KDB for the most important matches. Thats how i seen this one going.
VDB = value for money in what sense? To play a few minutes per 5 or so games?
You never know how man united ran valuations
Progressive passing and zonal marking. All I have seen him do so far. The plan might be to use him to allow players like Pogba and Fred to push up more.
@@jonathanvillalba3214 I'm guessing he's a Paul pogba eventual replacement.
Brings in a £100m pound player to be used in rotation. That's Man City for you 🙄
Almost unlimited budget
he has started every game since joining the club , and yes he will be rotated because we naturally play more games than all you lot 4 competitions 69 possible games and we played 68/69 games last season , only possible game we didnt play was the fa cup final , thats why we rotate so we dont care what you think lol
@@mclovin3855 mate u literally started supporting them 2 yrs ago pipe down
@@mclovin3855 you've played 3 games so far that literally shows nothing. And again 100 MILLION POUNDS. You just throw money around there's no real science to it
I hope they never win the champions league
Thumbnail is gold
Villa came out of this the better imo, 100m for a player who has only completed 1 full season isn't bad business
Graelish is the most “popular” english player right now, alot of people like him. Yes villa got good money for the lad, but lost the only source of relevance they had in the league. Relegated or not, without graelish nobody cares.
Some people have legit clauses, and respectfully represent their club, while some others work based on "gentleman's agreement" with football's most stubborn man, and throw a tantrum by refusing to train with their club ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
lol couldn't agree more😀
😂🤣😂🤣😂
very true
yo...love your videos dude
Enjoyed it. Btw this vid deserves more views
More videos like these pls. Or football history stories great videos
Grealish and lukaku should never be worth the same amount
They're not. Grealish is more expensive.
Pretty hilarious reading this a few months later with how much Lukaku has done for Chelsea this season.
Still seems such an unnecessary signing. Time will tell if they don't get Kane and realise they went for the wrong dude first
Of course it was unnecessary. Hmmmm.....a midfield/attack of Mahrez, Sterling, Fernandinho, Foden, Rodri, Gundogan, KDB, Jesus, Torres, Zinchenko, Silva....who are all internationals, I mean what they really need there is a 100 million pound player.
Well it is Pep Guardiola. He will find a definite use for such a player. He as a forward would take on defenders helping create space while playing against a low block and be able to create from the midfield when KDB is unavailable or is not having that great of a game or even as a false 9 cos as previously mentioned his manager is Pep
@@stephenkoshy3127 remember Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Literally how Pep lose against Chelsea in UCL final
Pep has rich dadies.
How Chelsea signed Lukaku next
3:27 We all know how that ended up
4:30 This ended up being 100% accurate, Gordon going for £40 million is outrageous
Shows the power and importance of a buy-out clause.
What a thumbnail 👌
Yes I'm sure that City didn't know about the very specifically worded release clause that they precisely triggered!
Damn you did Van de Beek dirty
Inside story: Pep wanted a new toy to play and Papa Sheikh bought him one.
To be honest this could have more to do with merchadising and sponsors than the actual sporting side of things. Grealish was a hot property, and now that he is in a winning team, shirt sales will skyrocket.
I just hope they didn't pay 100 M to then use him as a benchwarmer
@@mafiousbj the thing is grealish works for city. He really does. His respect for de bruyne is gonna make sure he has his ego in check, he is a guardilola type player. I see this transfer working out great.
@@jainalmiraz5409 rest in peace Ferna and Rodri from exhaustion. If you are going to play KDB and Grealish together expect to be ripped apart in the counter. + Grealish is just a slight upgrade on Bernardo and nothing special/won't fit the system.
@@ynwafanmrks1817 bernardo silva is the reason cancel gets forward. His tireless pressing is the reason city work well. And de bruyne tracks back, so does foden, and mahrez always supports walker on the wings. The passing will not ba an issue, the problem is that the mid could get congested, with grealish de bruyne and foden all trying to get down the middle.
$100 million for a back up player. Lots of people with more money than sense.
Jesus, don’t you know how agents work? Jack’s own told city about the 100 mil clause, mate. After all, it was he who put it into his contract in the first place.
Why do city need Grealish tho? He needs city not the other way round. They should have gone all out for Kane- Harry Kane wins City the UCL, Grealish doesn’t. City already have Foden, Sterling, Mahrez anyway.
@Rock Grealish hasn’t turned up (assisted or scored) in any of the finals he played for villa…
Next: The Inside Story of Arsenal Relegation Battle!!! 🤣😂😝
No inside story'of Arsenal championship winning season
@@George-eu6hk 🤣
But I must say
The all or nothing spurs documantary was the best
Inside story of Arsenal's 2025 League 1 triumph
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The thumbnail 👌
1:53 Cast from Peaky Blinders 🤣
I miss him every day:(
Great thumbnail
Not actual family, nah I'm dead. 🤣
Levy was one man the oil merchants couldn't just wave their chequebook at
Before Grealish city never spent over 60m for any single players. Some other top club who did (arsenal, mu and liverpool) are out of UCL for a good decade with same wealth. And dont act like Liverpool players before cash from Coutinho left are paid with leaves. You just cant accept City manage their football right .
Crazy that the release clause was written in Latin. Definitely secretive. 0:33
I’m no pro pundit but I think City are going to regret buying such a luxurious player to a packed attacking midfield now Chelsea and United have bought GTD top scorers.
All thise fools saying why we signed Grealish before Kane
Now know why
We had to in order to get Grealish
They didn't know that they could get Messi for free the next day lol
Jack Grealish is no 100m player, what a massive waste of money by City.
Please do the Lukaku one too :)
Honestly are there people out there actually paying to read football stories? You know what they say about a fool and money
Tifo daily 🥰
It's a waste of resources and makes it difficult for clubs without sugar daddies to compete
Before Grealish city never spent over 60m for any single players. Some other top club who did (arsenal, mu and liverpool) are out of UCL for a good decade with same wealth. And dont act like Liverpool players before cash from Coutinho left are paid with leaves. City manage their football right .
So city were gonna pay 100 mill for grealish anyways release Clause or not, but they're unwilling to pay what Tottenham demands for the striker who scored more and assisted more than grealish, low-ball offers in the region of 75mill +25 million add ons but the media is acting like Spurs are holding back kane 🙄, according to them we should let our best player leave for far below his value 🤦
Grealish will soon be the most marketable english player in the world
Exactly. Already is.
He looks happier
Harry Kane must be kicking himself watching this video
How do you know all this?
There was no drama in Grealish trasnfer.
Compare that to Kane transfer drama . Media circus.
Harry will stay another season at Spurs
Besides the fact he's English, can someone explain to me how is it that he's worth 100m? At least that is what Villa thinks of him when they inserted the clause in the contract. But the question remains. He's truly worth 100m??
As you said 100m is what Aston Villa want for him and Man City wanted him so
"Not actual family". That made me laugh. Very Python-esque.
Is it just me or did anybody else not learn anything new from this?
Pep only wanted Grealish
So dat he could take some hair from him
Is dat simple
Grealish hair gel merchant
@@George-eu6hk 🤣yup bro
A bargain. They got him for the price of 80% of a whole Southampton FC.
What’s the song name of the music?
I can't dislike Grealish.
Unpopular sentiment, but part of me hopes he goes on to lift the UCL.
This was a not too bad!!
Great vid. But absolutely ridiculous from City. 100 mil on a player that will be a bench player for a lot of the season. Instead of focusing on Haaland or any other player. And hopefully Leon Bailey becomes everything he's shown he can be and move to another club. It's like saint maxim at newcastle!
Funniest sentence: "He wanted to know everything there is to know about City".
Fun Fact: There is nothing to know about City
Damn bro today you have achieved comedy
Give this man an MBE 👏
Top class comedy, you deserve a medal of being unfunny 👌🏾
@@TheKingslayr_11 and you deserve a medal of bad grammar
@@muzammilbabar766 nah I understood what he was saying
Nothing for you to know as a troll, but players would want to know the culture in that club. The training and match prep and much more stuff.
If city get ronaldo that city pag game gonna be goated
now for Kane
37 degree celsius temperature in footballing terms is called "Ice cold"
Isn't that hotter than the human body?
@@Stegibbon slightly colder buddy
@@lukewilkinson7705 hardly icy lol
_Villa_ have reinvested well.
Donny VB over Grealish FOR VALUE?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
lol its mid February... what has he done so far?
Back to back PL winner and in a UCL final you over weight bum
and now van de beek is being treated horribly
How interesting, with the entire league against us we still manage to run the show, can’t believe the nonchalance at which the coordination between other clubs against city is mentioned. Will make the title all the more sweeter this year i suppose
Spends a butt load of oil money, still can't even win the Champions League.
@@KTK44 righto champion, have a look at how much Manchester utd have spent without winning a thing? If you don’t think money is a part of professional level sport then the reality is, your view of reality is just plain wrong and should be reconsidered
@@fwanchmen You need to work on your english. And yes, Man U, Man C and Chelsea all spends butt loads of money, but Man C still can't win the Champions League. Rubbish clubs who can't win anything without spending their grandma's life savings. You don't run any show, you even sound like a plastic fan.
@@KTK44 id also argue that the coordination in question is evidence enough of the fact we are running the show!! Enjoy delusion my simple friend
PL Clubs,and Football Authorities joined hands
To stop City by Foul Means
Media outlets wont write on it
😂😂
50-70 mil would be fine but not 100mil
Waste of money
Fill up your car so city can buy a new star
His playing style isn't helping city at all
If he wasn't English
Honestly it seems like City are ruining many careers as they can’t give everyone enough playing time🤷♂️
They played 59 games last season, some premier league sides only play 40. AC Milan were doing this in the late 80s and early 90s, utd did in the 90s and 00s, Chelsea did it in the 00s and 10s, Liverpool did it in the 80s, whenever one team dominates for any length of time they also appear to dominate the transfer market but in reality that's just because they've made better transfers than other teams that get better results on the pitch. Utd could have bought grealish they chose the cheaper option of de beek because he'd played champions league football. They definitely could have afforded grealish, now tell me do you think utd made the right decision? Will de beek represent better value than grealish?
You mean like utd with van de beek?
@@GuinessOriginal Yeah you’re right, Utd should have used van de beek better.
@@GuinessOriginal its really not abt that. Its about the sensibility that united said we wont pay 70 odd million for a player who will be rotated. We already have rashford, pogba and bruno in the positions that grealish plays or can play, we wanted to replace the likes of lingard and pereira.. so we said no we'll not pay 70 instead get the cheaper yet technically sound player in van de beek. The reason ppl are saying it was unnecessary is bcoz city already have more than 3+ players in the positions grealish plays, sterling foden on the left
de bruyne bernardo gundogan in the centre and ferran torres mahrez in the right channel.. thats why nobody criticized city when they signed nathan ake. That deal reeks of desperation and is a very bad deal but since he was atleast cheap and was going to be a bench player anyways it was fine.
In case of grealish youre paying 100 mil for taking away villa's best player and villa will be handicapped for the 3 seasons until they don't get the full money. Now villa might have gotten into europe with grealish, and now even with the signings of bailey it will take time for them to setttle and maybe they might lose out.
bruh who's carrer did city ruin tho?
Not hating but i just don't see grealish worth anywhere near 100mil
City are killing football. I hope the FA and the PL sort them out soon.
Before Grealish city never spent over 60m for any single players. But sure lets ignore other top club who did (arsenal, mu and liverpool)
£100 is a scandalous amount of money for any player, let alone for Grealish.
The amount of damage that PSG and City have done to the football economy and it’s inflation will be difficult to reverse. If only FFP was actually any good.
Like other clubs dont spend that amount of money
@@zafar3430 I’m not saying they don’t, but they caused the inflation and the reason other clubs spend that now also; which trickles down to clubs lower down the pyramid not being able to sustain a cost structure.
And what was the transfer that caused that inflation across the European game? Neymar’s to PSG. It was the highest % spend over the previous world record fee in the modern game, which considering how high transfer fees already were prior to it is ridiculous. These thing dictate market value. The Grealish fee is now being used as a benchmark for the like of the Kane deal - i.e. if Grealish cost x, this player now must cost y.
I’m not saying the clubs following suit aren’t being daft either, but if you can’t see the damage PSG and City are doing specifically, then your opinion has no weight to it.
The thing is these fees that they pay are in fact purposefully strategic, done to actually drive inflation, because they know they are the two clubs who can actually spend at that level, which reduces competition in the market place. They’ve expanding they’re own power, and it’s bad for sport.
@@TheBomber15 look at barcelona. They bought 3 players for 100+ million in a short space of time and now they are broke . the neymar deal maybe have started it but many other clubs also spend big money.
@@zafar3430 Never said clubs like Barça didn’t. I’m talking about the clubs causing a shift in the economics of the football market. It’s actually part of the reason why Barça are in tatters now with €1.3B worth of debt.
@@TheBomber15 so it's the fault of 2 clubs. 2 clubs with money and they chose to spend it so they can be the best. U wrong there. Barca didnt manage their funds correctly and that's why they in this situation while city and psg manage their funds properly so thats why they can spend that much.
'Many premier league clubs *and the majority of fans* are concerned that Man City's success *mainly because of their unlimited funds due to sportswashing* and financial clout are damaging the competition'
Fixed it for you.
you're crying too much mate
@@spark556 People don't cry over facts. They understand, nod and accept. You're confusing that with feelings or 'feelz' for short.
Everyone spends in the Premier league
@@gentleken7864 presenting opinions as 'facts' ROFL you belong on Twitter.
@@spark556 What about that FFP violation? Guilty, right?
The inside story: FFP is meaningless.
Player swaps never happen outside of Football Manager.
They used to happen more often than they do currently. Problem is, even if the clubs agree on the swap, the players have to as well, both of them, players have more power now in deciding their destinations than before when this used to happen more frequently. Even in Football Manager a player can refuse the deal.
Footballers do not bother reading their contracts.
The next video 'Why did Man City Made a 100mil unnecessary signing?'.
Waiting for Harry kane's too...
I think he’s a good player. But 100 million? He’s a poster boy, England always likes to build poster boys, as they are important for British society in hundreds of ways, which inflated the price. He’s good, but there’s no way that he’s even close to be worth 100 million pounds. He will be a rotation player in city, so I don’t really think that money was well applied. But to be honest between this and united splashing out 80 for maguire who barely knows how to play football, I’ll pick jack anyway.
so basically grealish had a "secret" release clause in his contract . That aston villa only made a 100m . Seems a bit dodgy there from City
One day they will make a video on the Mbappe transfer and it'll be one of the most viewed videos on this channel
Wonder how much he would have been sold for, had villa been relegated
Paid in instalments over 3 years…
Sounds fair
FFP in the mud