Manchester City sign's Jack Grealish from Aston Villa for £100m in the biggest deal in English football history

Manchester City  sign's Jack Grealish from Aston Villa for £100m in the biggest deal in English football history

The 25-year-old midfielder joins on a six-year deal after the Premier League champions activated the release clause in his Villa contract; the move eclipses Paul Pogba's 2016 transfer to Manchester United and becomes the biggest in British football history.

The transfer fee also breaks the previous record in English football held by Paul Pogba when he re-joined Manchester United for £93.25m from Juventus in 2016.

Pep Guardiola has been a long-time admirer of Grealish with the player leaving Villa having made 213 appearances over the course of eight seasons, scoring 32 goals.