Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Dave]

Haaland's not going to be that much of a windfall with that clause in his contract. Rather a mistake financially i'd say.

it's still £65m for a guy that cost them about £16-17m but yes allowing that clause has halved what they should be getting for him.

Had that clause not been there, he wouldn't have gone to Dortmund in the first place. So I imagine they're pretty comfortable with how it's panned out.

It's similar to us only getting £8m for Delph back in the day. It was a fraction of what he was "worth", but the alternative was us getting nothing.

[Risso]

Had that clause not been there, he wouldn't have gone to Dortmund in the first place. So I imagine they're pretty comfortable with how it's panned out.

It's similar to us only getting £8m for Delph back in the day. It was a fraction of what he was "worth", but the alternative was us getting nothing.

Same with Greasy, if the buyout clause hadn't been agreed to, he probably would have left last summer.

[Dave]

Indeed, or at the very least he wouldn't have signed the new contract - meaning we'd probably have ended up selling for less than £100m this summer.

[LeeB]

With that rat bastard, I reckon the existence of that clause meant we got got more than we would had it not been there.

[simboy]

With that rat bastard, I reckon the existence of that clause meant we got got more than we would had it not been there.

I think it means that Villa recognised our need for him was more than his need for us at the time he signed it. If we didn't include he had no intention of signing any new contract. Don't forget the "i was 50/50 on signing the new contract" at the time of signing it.

 I had hoped he would give us one more season but the Euros clearly made his mind up to move.   

[LeeB]

With that rat bastard, I reckon the existence of that clause meant we got got more than we would had it not been there.

I think it means that Villa recognised our need for him was more than his need for us at the time he signed it. If we didn't include he had no intention of signing any new contract. Don't forget the "i was 50/50 on signing the new contract" at the time of signing it.

 I had hoped he would give us one more season but the Euros clearly made his mind up to move.   

I agree with that, and usually it would mean the selling club loses out a little. But in this case, I reckon he'd have pushed for the move without it and we'd have ended up with £80-90m on the open market, whereas having that 'but it now' price sat there at £100m made it easy and clean for City just to cough up.

[simboy]

With that rat bastard, I reckon the existence of that clause meant we got got more than we would had it not been there.

I think it means that Villa recognised our need for him was more than his need for us at the time he signed it. If we didn't include he had no intention of signing any new contract. Don't forget the "i was 50/50 on signing the new contract" at the time of signing it.

 I had hoped he would give us one more season but the Euros clearly made his mind up to move.   

I agree with that, and usually it would mean the selling club loses out a little. But in this case, I reckon he'd have pushed for the move without it and we'd have ended up with £80-90m on the open market, whereas having that 'but it now' price sat there at £100m made it easy and clean for City just to cough up.

Agreed. I think we got a good price for him too be fair. We also got another season out of him, got established in the Premiership and can move on confidently.

[richtheholtender]

Regardless, it shows what he actually thought of thr prospect of playing for Aston villa. Really sorry we were such an inconvenience.

[richtheholtender]

Has anyone seen the Ashley preece article? And rat boys response in twitter. Don't think he's happy

[Monty]

It makes me wonder how he will respond to the booing at the end of next month. I wonder if it could get him sent off.

[richtheholtender]

https://twitter.com/preeceobserver/status/1433739514133032964?s=21

[richtheholtender]

[mr underhill]

I said a while ago he was worth a lot more than £100m to us and  I wish he was still with us. It took me aq long time to see what others saw in Grealish but once he added goals and assists to his game he was unplayable on his day.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

The truth hurts for dipstick grealish! Shame!

[sickbeggar]

As mentioned on the ratboy thread he's seems to have embraced the z-list celebrity lifestyle without a club or anyone in TeamJack media savvy enough to hush it up as successfully as we were.. Only a matter of time before something happens with all those ManU fans looking to have a pop.