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Absolutely gutted, think we were all expecting him to leave but for Villa? Such a sideways move and feels like a bit of a kick in the teeth. I wish him, somewhat reluctantly, good luck. He'll always be a legend to me for his goals against the Skates. £30m is big though for a player with 9 months left on his contract, though supposedly Liverpool get 20% of the profit so £2m. I wish I trusted the club to reinvest it sensibly... but I really don't..!

Aren't Villa in trouble with the EFL already and facing a fine/penalty if they go down? Seems they are playing fast and loose with the rules here too. Wouldn't it be hilarious if they spend £200m and then City decide they don't fancy Grealish after all?

Do yourself a favour fella and stick Ducky, SKD, Turkish and MLG on ignore. It has greatly improved my forum experience

So the season starts in a week and a half, away from home, and we still don't have an away kit! How can it be so difficult every year?

Chelsea would just buy him back for £20m and immediately sell him for more, taking a nice tidy profit with them. Of course, it would all be down to the player to say yes or no so hopefully he enjoys his time here!

Surely two "separate deals" wouldn't help with the sell-on percentage, it would have to be one cash + player deal.

No idea how reliable this journo is and honestly never seen him play but Chelsea fans are gutted he's leaving. Sounds like it could be a very decent signing if true!

I'm going to go ahead and guess the club has more qualified accountants than you, I'm sure they will have been sensible in taking out a loan like this. Also the comparison with household finances is misguided as I'm sure you're aware. Many businesses run at a loss including lots of football clubs. We're not going to go hungry if our numbers aren't in the black at the end of the month.

Don't get the hype myself. Looked average in a relegated West Brom team, won't be at all surprised if he finds himself getting relegated again with Palace.

McCarthy the worst distributor in the league last season. Presumably Forster didn't have enough attempted to find his way to the bottom section of this chart.

I'm actually very happy that Djenepo played at LB in the second half, as it means Salisu got to stick as a CB and is hopefully only going to play there from now on. Clearly we will bring another LB in before the window shuts.

£25m for Winks is about £24.5m too much.

Well this has come out of absolutely nowhere - gives me more hope for some other signings! Looks like a sensible pick up, wish the lad well. U23s to start with an eye towards the first team I presume.

I think they may do a Sheffield, have a good first season and then fall off after getting some of their players pinched.

Lazy link, Leipzig player = Ralph must be interested.

Well that's one less player to score against us on the opening day.

Surely we'd not be stupid enough to offer Forster yet another contract?! His last extension was the worst bit of business we've done for years.

The big clubs are taking the piss with the fees for their reserves.

£18m!! Ridiculous money for a kid who has basically only had one full season at a Championship squad.

Delighted we've given McQueen a 6 month extension, we're obviously not expecting him to play for us but it's very good of the club to help out one of our academy graduates and presumably help him find a new club down the pyramid.

Imagine my absolute shock to discover that you're a Mail reader.

Speaking of human trash cans with no morals...

Potentially low-risk, high-reward if they can get the best out of him. If not, no great loss at a few million.

Still a full month until the PL starts up again, can we hold off on the doom-and-gloom "our squad is terrible" talk for another few weeks please?

I'd be upset if he joined on a free, never mind us wasting £12m on him.