In an age when football transfers are getting more and more expensive, receiving £33m from a Premier League rival will be manna from heaven for Aston Villa.
According to Football Insider, Man City has made the payment to the Midlands-based team, bolstering the finances at Villa Park well.
The payment, which is related to the third installment for the hiring of former Villa stalwart and captain Jack Grealish, is obviously very legal.
The £100 million Manchester City spent a few seasons ago now seems like a steal given how well Grealish has adjusted at the Etihad Stadium after a rocky start and considering how transfer fees have skyrocketed since the Saudi Pro League came calling.
The player himself, after bagging a treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup last season, will know that his decision to move away from his childhood club has ultimately proved to be the right one.
Indeed, it’s rare in this day and age where both sides of a transfer deal can feel that it’s been of benefit to them.
Though Villa won’t have necessarily wanted to lose Grealish, it was becoming blindingly obvious that his skillset needed to be honed at the very highest levels of the game, with respect, so to therefore get £100m for his services is something of a victory for them.
