Why Has Manchester City’s £100m Star Jack Grealish Slipped Under Everyone’s Radar?
This isn’t a story of a dramatic fall from grace, but rather one of how football’s market forces, managerial preferences, and tactical shifts can strand even the most talented players. In Grealish’s case, the catalyst for this purgatory was his omission from City’s squad for the FIFA Club World Cup—a decision interpreted internally and externally as a polite but firm invitation to seek pastures new.
It wasn’t a punishment, and there’s no acrimony between Grealish and City. On the contrary, his return to individual training at the club’s facilities, ahead of the squad’s July 28 reunion, was mutually agreed. He’s working with personal trainer Jamie Reynolds to ensure he remains in peak condition, physically and mentally. But there’s no hiding the subtext: both club and player acknowledge that the best way forward is away.
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