I think part of our negoation stance would have been in my opinion - he will be the main man here and play the role he had at 10 at Villa mate.
I dont think we are paying him 225k a week not to be our man at 10. (but interchangeable).
General rule is if you are bringing in a player who obviously will need to adapt to his role, then don't shift someone to a new role so you double the problem. Unless needed.
Im really happy with signing Grealsih, but i think we put a lid on it now, there is a general sense in the media we are very lucky to have attracted a player like him - i dont like that.
Sure we have been through a hard time during the last five...
Think we will be reluctant to mess with 9 PL goals coming from the left hand side and Grealish will play centrally and could drift wide - id expect them to switch to find space though etc.
….i suspect Soton are wanting other suitors to come out and more closely meet their valuation. That’s my thinking. Our ‘final’ offer is on the table, if no club comes in to better that before the end of the month, then Soton will want to do...
£40m, no sell on fee. Take it or leave it. They need the money far more than we need this kid.
Don't get me wrong, he'd be an exciting prospect but there are plenty of other RW's out there.
Don't let a tin pot club like Southampton dictate the...
As far away as Dibling seems, with the little info out there, it still seems to be the most likely of the linked players. Weekend gone I was thinking probably 70% chance this gets done. More thinking 60:40 in Southampton's favour that it doesn't...