Quote Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue View Post
100% agree with you.
Not to let the others off the hook...but Man City seem to get an incredibly easy ride from the media for their recent success.

I reluctantly wanted Chelsea to win that European Final.

That Nathan Blake goal against them though!!
But Chelsea's money is so closely connected to the Russian government and all the horrific things they've done?

I saw a comment which suggested Pep wants him to rotate with Gundogen in the 8 position and £100m for a rotation role seems a lot. But, as ever, transfer fee relates to budget/want of buying team and strength of selling team's negotiation position more than anything. Wages are probably a better judge of how much a player should be rated and Grealish will be paid very well - he's got the potential to be a top, top player.

Pep has done many wonderful things for football but he's never tried a club where he doesn't have massive amounts of money. Managers walking away from difficult seasons where they're not going to get 100% of what they want in order to protect their reputation is a Pep'ism as well and a less positive one.