Jack Grealish is ready to play his way into Manchester City’s side and challenge for top honours after completing a British-record £100m transfer.

The Premier League champions had been heavily linked with England midfielder Grealish all summer, and Villa chief executive Christian Purslow confirmed City had met their valuation to trigger the release clause in their captain’s contract.

Grealish, 25, has signed a six-year deal with City and will wear the number 10 shirt, which was recently vacated by the departure of long-serving striker Sergio Aguero.

Following confirmation of the deal, Villa chief executive Christian Purslow posted a video on the club’s social media channels to explain the background to the transfer.

Purslow confirmed they had agreed to a release clause should a Champions League club come in for Grealish and meet the £100m price tag which “set the value at a level we hoped would not be met, but which would reflect his truly unique value to Aston Villa”.

Villa also felt bringing in the likes of Emiliano Buendia, in a club-record deal from Norwich, Leon Bailey and forward Danny Ings from Southampton would go some way to help to fill the void left by Grealish’s departure.