Get the biggest City transfer window stories, pre-season news and updates delivered straight to your inbox As soon as Jack Grealish was announced as a Manchester City player, the spin machine began to try justify the English record £100m fee.
Aston Villa, in fairness, did their part to help City in explaining why Grealish cost so much. They explained simply that £100m was the value of a release clause inserted in Grealish's contract, at his request, should a Champions League club match that figure.
City did, and he signed. Pep Guardiola continued that explanation, telling the media that the release clause made Grealish a relatively straightforward signing, as opposed to their interest in Harry Kane, who will take far more canny
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