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title: "Aston Villa: Man Utd eye Pedro Neto as Jack Grealish alternative"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-man-utd-eye-neto-as-jack-grealish-alternative/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-03-22T12:20:22Z"
modified: "2021-03-22T12:20:22Z"
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# Aston Villa: Man Utd eye Pedro Neto as Jack Grealish alternative

**Manchester United are eyeing a big-money summer move for Wolves’ Pedro Neto as an alternative to Aston Villa star Jack Grealish.**

That’s according to [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/14405721/man-utd-neto-transfer-solskjaer-sancho/), who claimed that the Red Devils are weighing up a £50m deal for the 21-year-old, possibly in preference to long-term targets Grealish and Jadon Sancho.

### Grealish outperforms Neto

Neto has scored [five Premier League goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/pedro-neto/leistungsdaten/spieler/487465) and provided [four assists in 29 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/pedro-neto/leistungsdaten/spieler/487465) this season. However, Grealish has netted [six times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jack-grealish/leistungsdaten/spieler/203460) in the top flight and has registered a whopping [12 assists in seven fewer games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jack-grealish/leistungsdaten/spieler/203460).

The Englishman is valued at £54m by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jack-grealish/profil/spieler/203460) and is under contract at Villa Park until [2025](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jack-grealish/profil/spieler/203460), so it seems as if the Midlanders are under no pressure to sell their creative maestro.

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### Transfer Tavern take

Even though Villa seem to be in a strong position regarding Grealish, the news of United’s interest in Neto could please the Villa hierarchy.

However, in saying that, recent [reports](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9375891/Manchester-City-favourites-land-100m-rated-Jack-Grealish-summer.html) have claimed Manchester City are at the front of the queue for Grealish’s services.

Dean Smith has seen firsthand in recent weeks how his team [struggles without Grealish](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jack-grealish/leistungsdaten/spieler/203460). It seems as if United are looking at other options, though, and, hopefully their Manchester rivals will soon be doing the same.

***In other news: Many Villa fans have been reacting on social media after Gabby Agbonlahor urged the club to sign 24 y/o striker, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-transfer-rumours/aston-villa-fans-react-to-morelos-links/).***