West Ham United are among three Premier League clubs chasing the signature of Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish this summer, according to the Daily Mail.
What’s the story, then?
The Mail report that the Hammers, along with Leicester City and Everton, are in the race for the 22-year-old Grealish as Villa look to make up a £45m shortfall in their finances.
It goes on to say that the Hammers would have to pay more than the £25m they gave Stoke to land current recod signing Marko Arnautovic last summer to secure Grealish’s services as Villa value him significantly more highly than that.
The report also claims that Steve Bruce wants the playmaker to stay but Tony Xia has outlined the perilous state of Villa’s finances.
Grealish has moved onto another level
Perhaps inspired by the professionalism of John Terry, Grealish recovered from an early season injury to play the best football of his career in the second half of last season.
He has also become a deep-lying playmaker, driving forward from midfield and showing the kind of adventure that Manuel Pellegrini has surely been brought to East London to inspire.
7th place in the Premier League is absolutely up for grabs next season with Burnley burdened with the Europa League and Grealish firing the bullets for Arnautovic, Manuel Lanzini and Javier Hernandez is a tantalising prospect.
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