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title: "Aston Villa: Lots of fans warn Pep Guardiola away from Jack Grealish after compliments"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-fans-warn-pep-guardiola-away-grealish-compliments/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Wareing"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2020-01-31T07:40:21Z"
modified: "2020-01-31T07:40:21Z"
---

# Aston Villa: Lots of fans warn Pep Guardiola away from Jack Grealish after compliments

**Aston Villa fans will be desperate to hold onto Jack Grealish for as long as possible, considering how he’s managed to remain their star man after they took the step up to the Premier League. Pep Guardiola came out and praised the 24-year-old too, but it hasn’t been too well-received by Villa fans.**

According to [BBC 5 Live](https://twitter.com/5liveSport/status/1222661201131397120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1222661201131397120&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hitc.com%2Fen-gb%2F2020%2F01%2F30%2Fguardiola-admits-hes-a-big-fan-of-one-aston-villa-player%2F), the Manchester City manager said that “Aston Villa have one of the best players in the league in Jack Grealish, I’m a big fan of him”, and Pep could well be right. He’s scored [seven goals and made five assists](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/113069/Show/Jack-Grealish) in the league so far this season, while being rated the club’s top player on [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/24/Show/England-Aston-Villa), picking up a rating of 7.37/10.

Many Villa fans were quick to react to the quotes when Villa news aggregator [Villa Report](https://twitter.com/villareport) posted them on their Twitter account. Many fans disagreed sarcastically to try and warn off Guardiola, while others told him to keep their hands off him.

> Pep Guardiola: “Aston Villa have one of the best players in the league in Jack Grealish, I’m a big fan of him.” \[bbc radio 5 live\] [#avfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/avfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/bb60wLBvVO](https://t.co/bb60wLBvVO)
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> — villareport (@villareport) [January 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1222679264459476992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

You can see some of their reactions to the tweet below:

> [pic.twitter.com/XzzdzXVRxE](https://t.co/XzzdzXVRxE)
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> — Andy Hall (@andyhall82) [January 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/andyhall82/status/1222698160226807808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Mind your business, Guardiola
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> — Airton Maciel (@aamaciel75) [January 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/aamaciel75/status/1222694628014641152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Your wrong Pep, it’s all hype. He’s a bang average player. Stick with Boden.
>
> — Neil (@crosier\_neil) [January 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/crosier_neil/status/1222818015466729472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Overrated Pep, nothing on your lad Foden.
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> — Jack (@JackWillis54) [January 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/JackWillis54/status/1222747608277561344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Hands off him 🤣
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> — avfcjames18 (@James74636443) [January 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/James74636443/status/1222679370340487169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Unless you got £500m Pep, back off, he is ours! [#avfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/avfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#utv](https://twitter.com/hashtag/utv?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> — ToneTravels (@ToneTravels) [January 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/ToneTravels/status/1222777044800614401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Jack Grealish price tag just doubled. Thanks Pep. 120m and he’s yours.
>
> — SimsAVFC (@AvfcSims) [January 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/AvfcSims/status/1222786143143571456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Villa fans, how much would you accept to sell Jack Grealish to Man City?***