Like Martial, Grealish wants Spurs so Liverpool pull out
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Like Martial, Grealish wants Spurs so Liverpool pull out
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| Jack Grealish waiting to move to Spurs |
Transfer Talk - Jack Grealish
Jack Grealish is great mates with Dele Alli and wants to move to Spurs. That hasn't changed since I reported it earlier this summer when the story broke.With that in mind, I find it comical to see an article from the anti-Tottenham Daily Mirror suggesting that Tottenham are clear favourites now that Liverpool have pulled out of a move for the 22-year-old (23 in September).
Tottenham were favourites anyway and Liverpool have obviously only pulled out because they have been told he wants to move to Tottenham by his agents.
They suggest they have an exclusive and that Grealish has only just made a decision on his Villa future, which isn't in accordance with what I was told, that decision was made a while back, he was never going to stay with Villa in the Championship. It isn't good for his career, it might be good for Villa, but he has his own career to look after.
Once again, after that Basel match, amid my suggestion (which has come to fruition) of how Spurs must go forward, I suggested if we found a coach who improved players and not simply tried to buy finished articles, to use psychology as a compulsory part of training and in the assessment of players before purchase, we would become a magnet for young players.
mauricio Pochettino has improved so many players now and turned so many players into England internationals that we clearly are starting to get youngsters giving us serious consideration as the next step in their career path, knowing if they are good enough they will get to play.
That does mean we lose some youngsters along the way, that is to be expected. Jack Grealish and Anthony Martial are just two now wanting to come to Spurs and wanting their clubs to negotiate such transfers.
As per a previous article around the Pochettino and Daniel Ley meeting, widely misinterpreted in my opinion, the risk element Pochettino referred to is, in my opinion, about signing a couple of players like Martial or Matthijs de Ligt, young, with big potential, but already not cheap.
It certainly wasn't about every signing being out of the top drawer, Pochettino understands financially where Tottenham are at and there is great harmony with the chairman over the project going forward.
Villa may wish to demand £40m for Grealish, but they won't get it, he's a Championship player, not an international footballer. He has yet to be turned into a Premier League standard player and I'd eventually expect a deal to go through for half that price.
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There is a tendency to over-value 2nd & 3rd tier players, their values being influenced by those of the top tier.
Transfermrkt has Grealish valued at £4.5m!
I don't care if he's Alli's mate his purchase doesn't make any sense in the context of our existing squad.
Next you'll be telling me that Alli picks the team!
Well that's the end of the German era...a similar mistake that has been made by many international teams...over reliance on older players in the belief that experience will out.
Well done Sonny... watch out though Jack Freakish maybe challenging for your place at Spurs (snigger).