Get the biggest City transfer window stories, pre-season news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Talks between Manchester City and Aston Villa over the transfer of Jack Grealish have now reached an 'advanced stage'.
That is according to The Athletic who report the Blues are close to an agreement with Aston Villa over the transfer of Grealish this summer after the MEN revealed in late June that City were prepared and willing to spend £100m on the England international.
Pep Guardiola is a long-term admirer of Grealish, 25, who came close to joining rivals Manchester United last year after Villa escaped relegation, but since then he's gone from strength to strength and his electric form ensured he played at the European
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