Get the biggest City transfer window stories, pre-season news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City have begun their pursuit of Jack Grealish in earnest with a £100million bid for the Aston Villa player.
Neither the Blues nor the Midlanders are saying anything, but MEN Sport understands that the opening salvo in one of the summer's biggest transfers has just been fired.
City have made it plain they will break the English record to land the England international, who - according to those close to him - is split between sticking with his boyhood club and moving to City, where he has a far greater chance of winning trophies and enhancing his England status.
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