The debate over Jack Grealish’s Man City future continues – but what does the future hold for the former Villa captain?
Everyone likes to talk about Manchester City winger Jack Grealish, it’s just what happens when you are the £100m man with the personality to match it.
Loved by many, booed by plenty, and with a nine-figure price tag, always likely to be under the microscope and with an uncertain future at Man City, the debate rages on.,
There are fresh questions to answer after his poor form for the Blues saw him left out of an England squad that has now, somehow, reached the semi-finals of the European Championship.
It’s a name that is never far from the lips of the Aston Villa faithful and there is a healthy debate and a clear divide in opinion when the subject arises as to whether or not he should wear the claret and blue shirt at B6 again.
With gossip that he could be leaving City failing to go away despite all sensible signs pointing towards him staying at the club, we take a look at what has been said by our writers as Grealish enters a crucial point in his career at the Etihad.
Manchester City writer for the Manchester Evening News, Simon Bajkowski
Jack Grealish is obviously staying at City this season, where he is effectively auditioning for his future. Pep Guardiola is prepared to continue with the forward because he knows how good he can be, but if there has still only been one good season at the end of his fourth year at the Etihad then City will not be as keen to keep him.
As well as the fact City aren’t looking to sell him, one of the reasons he was never going anywhere this summer was because of the value he still has. Arsenal are one of a few clubs that could afford him, but their interest appears to have been either misinterpreted or manufactured from an opinion piece on a website rather than backed by any actual news or facts.
Once again, the question comes up of how you would replace a City player if they were to leave, and once again it is difficult. Grealish brings such rare qualities to the team with his performances that Guardiola pushed for his £100m release clause to be broken in 2021 because he could not see the same talent elsewhere
