Jack Grealish has named the "sloppy" England teammate who he would not ask to babysit his newborn.
Grealish and long-term partner Sasha Attwood welcomed baby daughter Mila on September 27, hours before he played in Manchester City's 1-1 draw with Newcastle United in the early kick-off at St James' Park.
Mila was born on the Friday, with Grealish leaving City training early to travel up to London for the birth.
He then had to get a plane to Newcastle for City's lunchtime clash and got to the hotel at midnight before he started the fixture the following day.
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Grealish is overjoyed at becoming a father and ahead of England's UEFA Nations League games against Greece and Finland, the former Aston Villa captain has been speaking about it to BBC 5 Live Sport.
And when asked who he think would be best-suited to babysitting, Grealish did not hesitate in selecting skipper Harry Kane.
"Harry Kane I think," Grealish said.
"It's quite a young team so I wouldn't put it on any of the young lads and you know Harry, he's so reliable.
"One of the oldest lads, so yeah I'd go Harry."
He did also mention City teammate Phil Foden, who has three children with childhood sweetheart Rebecca Cooke.
Grealish added: "Well yeah, you could say Phil actually. He's got a fair few hasn't he?
"[But] Yeah, I'm going to go Harry Kane."
Grealish said he will be looking for parenting advice off the likes of Jordan Pickford and Declan Rice but was clear that one colleague won't be his go-choice for looking after the baby.
He predicted that Arsenal star Bukayo Saka would not be too reliable, expecting him to end up "falling asleep".
"The worst... I'm going to go [Bukayo] Saka. Yeah I'm going to go Bukayo.
"I just reckon he would be sloppy, you know, falling asleep and that."
Topics: Jack Grealish, Manchester City, England
Josh Lawless