Jack Grealish has been tipped to make a surprise transfer away from Manchester City this summer.
The 29-year-old has not started a game for City outside of the FA Cup since their 2-1 defeat at his former club Aston Villa on December 21.
Speaking after City's 2-1 FA Cup fourth round win over Leyton Orient on Saturday - a game in which Grealish started - manager Pep Guardiola challenged the winger to get back into the team.
He said: "Jack is a fighter. He is there to fight in the stadiums when the people shout.
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"He didn't play the last games, mainly because Savinho on the left side had an incredible connection with Erling (Haaland) but the season is still open.
"But against Orient I saw the glimpse that he is going to rebel, the show the manager how wrong he is. I love that.
"This is the level I would like to see from Jack. But it has not been like that."
Grealish has now been tipped to end his four-season stay at the Etihad Stadium and move on in the summer.
That's according to former Liverpool, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore, who believes that Grealish needs to leave City and could make a surprise move to a different league entirely.
Speaking to GOAL (in association with William Hill Vegas), he said: "Last season, a stat of scoring one goal in just over a year... I don't think he goes past people any more.
"Jack might end going up somewhere like Saudi, because I'm struggling to see a top four, five or six team that would take him. The traditional top four or five [signing him], wages and fee would be a problem.
"If you are an aspiring club, Newcastle could go and buy anybody that's young and hungry and fresh. Likewise Villa.
"If you are one of the clubs like Bournemouth and Brighton, you probably couldn't afford him. You could probably see him at a club like West Ham, bizarrely, because they have got the money and London as clout."
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Topics: Jack Grealish, Manchester City, Transfers, Pep Guardiola, Champions League, Premier League
Ryan Smart