Jack Grealish close to £100m British record Man City move

Jack Grealish edging closer to £100m Man City move with Aston Villa expecting British record deal to be completed by the weekend… before then focusing on Chelsea’s £40m-rated Tammy Abraham

  • Jack Grealish is edging closer to joining Manchester City from Aston Villa 
  • All parties involve expect the British record deal to be completed by weekend 
  • Grealish is believed to have held further discussions with Villa chiefs this week 
  • Aston Villa will turn their attention to Chelsea forward Tammy Abraham 

Jack Grealish is edging closer to joining Manchester City from Aston Villa with the British record £100million deal on track to be completed by the weekend.

The playmaker has returned to training with his Villa colleagues this week at a west London location but Sportsmail understands the transfer is still expected to go through in the coming days, possibly before City face Leicester at Wembley in the Community Shield.

Though Grealish is believed to have held further discussions with Villa chiefs this week, there is growing acceptance at Villa that he will depart, with the club continuing to monitor Tammy Abraham as boss Dean Smith plans for life without the 25-year-old.

Grealish in action against Chelsea last season but he may have played his last match for Villa

Chelsea are willing to sell Abraham – also a target for Arsenal – for about £40m and Villa have kept him on the radar after he scored 26 goals in all competitions while on loan in 2018-19 to help them win promotion via the play-offs.

As well as a pacy forward, Villa are thought to be looking for a versatile attacking midfielder and a holding player, while they retain an interest in Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse.

Villa have already been busy in the market this summer, signing Emiliano Buendia from Norwich for a club-record fee that could rise to about £38m, and Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen for £23m, as well as bringing back Ashley Young 10 years after the former England international left Villa Park to join Manchester United.

Pep Guardiola is set to get his man, in a deal which would make Grealish a record signing




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