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Jack Grealish Recalls His Dad Giving Man United A Fake Name After They Scouted Him As A Kid

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Updated 11:30 3 Jun 2023 GMT+1Published 11:01 24 May 2022 GMT+1

Jack Grealish Recalls His Dad Giving Man United A Fake Name After They Scouted Him As A Kid

"When they came up to my dad, he’d have to give a fake name!"

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

​Jack Grealish recalled his dad giving Manchester United a fake name after they tried to scout him as a kid.

Grealish signed for Aston Villa aged seven before officially joining the club's under-10s team three years later.

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Image: Alamy

Despite representing Villa at youth level, he still played for Sunday League team Highgate United.

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He impressed during a tournament, scoring all four goals in a 4-0 win - with his performances attracting the scouts of Man United, West Brom and Birmingham City.

And when the scouts would ask his dad about him, he'd have to give them a fake name due to his Villa contract. ​

Speaking to THE FACE magazine, the 27-year-old revealed:​​ "You’re not actually meant to go back and play with your old team, but they were doing a little tour down in Devon and we played against some team in the group stages. We won 4-0 and I scored all four.

"That was when people were like: ​'OK, this kid’s good.'"

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He added: "Then I got scouted by other teams like Man United, West Brom and Birmingham City. But [at] those times I was contracted to Villa, so I shouldn’t have been playing.​

"When they came up to my dad, he’d have to give a fake name!"​

Grealish once again alerted Man United, but this time in the professional ranks.

​However, once again, he turned down their advances - penning a new deal at Villa Park in 2020.

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The England forward, though, eventually secured a move away from Villa as he switched Premier League allegiances by signing for Manchester City.

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Image: Alamy

He was snapped up for £100 million, with the player becoming a two-time Premier League champion and regular starter under Pep Guardiola.

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Topics: Jack Grealish, Manchester City, Manchester United, Football

Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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