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Manchester City Star Jack Grealish Gives Brilliant Open Interview

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Published 17:36 23 May 2022 GMT+1

Manchester City Star Jack Grealish Gives Brilliant Open Interview

Grealish is considered by some to be a flop after his £100 million move from Aston Villa last summer and he opened up on his troubles,

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Jack Grealish gave a very honest interview following Manchester City's Premier League title win, and opened up about one issue he's had settling into Pep Guardiola's team.

History is written by the winners, and if City hadn't completed the comeback against Aston Villa on Sunday then there would have been one huge question following Pep around, "why not bring on Grealish?"

At 2-0 the City boss turned to Ilkay Gundogan instead of a man he signed for £100 million, from Villa, less than a year ago, in order to turn things around as they looked on the verge of throwing the title away.

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It worked, as Gundogan grabbed the all important goals, but it raised further questions about the England forward, with some suggesting the 26-year-old has been a flop, especially with just three league goals and three league assists in his first season.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, the former Villa captain explained where he wants to be better and revealed he thinks the change in tactics, to fit into Guardiola's system, has affected his thinking on the pitch, which in turn impacted his play.

"You know, even times where people have said to me 'I want Jack to attack more, like at Villa,'" he explained on the Etihad pitch as the celebrations went on around him.

"And I feel like sometimes, because Pep don’t want you to lose the ball, I’m so in my head, thinking 'I can’t lose this ball,' you know what I mean.

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"Where I feel like, 'All right, I’ve got to come back out.'"

Asked by Jamie Redknapp if he felt he'd played 'safe,' Grealish added, "Yeah, at times. 

"For example in the second half last week, against West Ham, I felt like once I’d scored I was like 'Come on, give me the ball,' and I was running at people, trying to create things.

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"I even spoke to people I’m close to after the game, my dad, I was like 'I felt like myself then, playing today,'

"Hopefully I can bring that next season. I’m sure I will."

Grealish was very happy to get his hands on the Premier League trophy. Image: PA Images
Grealish was very happy to get his hands on the Premier League trophy. Image: PA Images

Other forwards have struggled in their first season under Pep, before going on to make a huge impact, with Bernardo Silva and David Silva in similar positions in the past.

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Even Sergio Aguero initially lost his position as a guaranteed starter under the City manager, when he took over from Manuel Pellegrini back in 2016, with the Argentinian having to adapt.

Despite not playing in the comeback win over his former side, the England forward was clearly over the moon with his first title win, and was given some brilliant advice by Roy Keane.

Thinking ahead to the upcoming campaign starting in August, and potentially with one eye on the winter's World Cup, he also added he wants more goals and assists in the future.

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"You’ve got too, I think in this day and age, that’s what people look at," he said when asked about thinking about his numbers.

"And for attacking players that’s what you want to do.

"It’s like for defenders, it’s all good you playing well but you want clean sheets.

"Hopefully next season I can get more of them [goals and assists] and I’m sure that’ll be the case with Pep and [Gareth] Southgate."

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports

Topics: Jack Grealish, Manchester City, Premier League

Ryan Sidle
Ryan Sidle

Ryan is a journalist for SPORTbible with over eight years of experience. Passionate about all sports, he mainly covers football and F1 - Daniel Ricciardo once spent an entire interview referring to him as 'Ryan Gosling,' still his proudest moment.

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