West Ham United weigh up £5m offer for Aston Villa’s 20-year-old starlet

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Date: 8th March 2016 at 7:45pm
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West Ham United are reportedly considering a £5m summer swoop for Premier League gem Jack Grealish, according to the Brentwood Gazette.

The English top-flight side, who climbed up to fifth in the standings after coming from two goals down to defeat Everton 3-2 on Saturday, are interested in snapping up Aston Villa’s highly-rated midfielder come the end of the 2015-16 campaign.

The 20-year-old, who decided to represent England at international level rather than the Republic of Ireland back in September, has scored just one goal and provided one assist in 17 appearances in all competitions for the Villans so far this season.

Grealish, who came through the Midlands club’s youth academy, has had his career hampered this term due to off-field incidents.

But it appears Hammers boss Slaven Bilic is confident enough Grealish has the pedigree and potential to become a Premier League star, with the report suggesting West Ham may look to recruit him this summer as Villa look destined to suffer relegation to the Championship come May.

 
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5 responses to “West Ham United weigh up £5m offer for Aston Villa’s 20-year-old starlet”

  1. garry pearce says:
    8th March 2016 at 9:50 pm

    No chance! Villa in his blood, whatever league!!! VTID

    • Fred says:
      9th March 2016 at 10:59 am

      He couldn’t care less about Villa

    • NEVillan says:
      9th March 2016 at 4:54 pm

      I’d take £5M straightaway. Just think when he gets to London what social havoc he can cause. Hasn’t the requisite maturity and application to be a Prem player in my opinion. Needs very very strong management. Certainly doesn’t seem to be Remi’s forte.

  2. p francis says:
    9th March 2016 at 12:14 am

    why do we have to suffer the two idiots rogers and carragher and their inane comments.
    they were both lacking intelligence and common sense.please put them to some use
    maybe street cleaners or camel drivers anything but pundits

  3. Mark Stratton says:
    9th March 2016 at 1:22 am

    No thank you we have better in the Development Squad, Dobson and Cullen for example.