It’s the only way a deal can be done, Jack Grealish isn’t agreeing to a pay cut anywhere when he can sit on his contract and collect the wages, so essentially a permanent sale is in the bin unless one of the big boys wants to lay out the money...
If City cant get a permanent deal this summer (and they wont) he’ll be loaned out until he has one year left on his deal with a fee and a % of wages.
Grealish plays during a world cup year, City get shot and reduce costs and we get get a player...