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allatsea

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Not that I don't rate him, but Grealish shouldn't be judged as a core piece of business I don't think. This deal is just an opportunistic punt because of his price and homegrown status. I'd certainly view him as more of a want than a need at this stage.

We'll see what our level of ambition is at the end of the window. Grealish then could either be a sign of a lack of ambition or a nice piece of icing on the cake.

The ITK we have says Poch really wants this guy



Villa telling porkie pies
 

dtxspurs

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No but it means we will be considerably weaker than last season.

Dembele is leaving remember, and even if he stays he is no longer physically up to a 38 game PL season. We need someone who can come in to CM and hit the ground running.
Yeah, I think people are really writing off how important Toby & Dembele have been to our recent success.. If we don't nail this transfer window I'd be concerned. I'm not sure Grealish, Zaha, Pavard and someone like Andre Gomes is a step in the right direction.
 

ToDarrenIsToDo

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His injuries must be a factor here. He was tenacious when he first came in- but much tamer after that initial injury at Burnley I think it was. We need four players for the two spots- I don't buy Eriksen or Alli dropping back, so even if Winks returns to his best there's gonna be a slot available. If that belongs to Sissoko when the window closes I think 99% will be disappointed?

If we can get a midfield trio of Winks, Grealish & say Haidara, a very promising kid from Salzburg would you be happy? Trying to figure out the 2nd midfield incoming is a tricky one, especially with not a lot of movement around Dembele or Sissoko at the moment
 

yido_number1

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How does a billionaire company get a football club in to this mess.
Should imagine a lot of his calculated wealth is held up in assets and he also has issues getting cash out of China. No doubt he'll be looking at a loss making Villa that are sucking his money away and thinking would it be better to just cut and run and not lose anything else. must be a tough call.
 

Lou3000

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While I know there has been some ITK that Grealish wants to get Villa what they deserve for his transfer, Villa better tiptoe here. If the player is refusing to go anywhere but Spurs, then they'd have to accept literally any offer we made. They have no other assets that they can move quickly.
 

Primativ

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Who's to say Winksy won't do that for us. He's busy, uses the hall well, is extremely composed yet hassling at the same time and his job could be to just win possession and move the ball on quickly to the ball players like Grealish or Eriksen in the team.

If the jigsaw piece fits etc

I can pretty much say Winks will not do it for us. I'm still having nightmares seeing Winks get bullied off the ball at City away. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because he had injuries last season but for me, Winks is just a squad player and certainly not a reliable first 11 player. If you expect him to come in and replace Dembele next season you must rate him alot higher than I do.

Winks was so so poor from about October onwards last season. I hope he improves but I wouldn't bank our season on it.
 

spids

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Obviously not. We need a top class 3rd CB though. Dier is not it, Foyth too inexperienced. If either Sanchez or Verts get injured, we could be playing CL games with Foyth or Dier in there, neither so far have proved they are good enough.

If Toby leaves, we need to replace him with a top class CB, be it Pavard, De Ligt or whoever. If we don't, we are considerably weaker at CB this season than we were last season, and that is unacceptable.

This is assuming Toby leaves which is looking likely.

OK - thought the original post was that we needed to sign a CB who will improve the first team immediately? Maybe you were mistaken.
 
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