“Guardiola has destroyed Jack Grealish.” This was the comment of a fan of the English player a month ago. Several fans followed up by blaming the City manager for the fact that the player, who only three years ago was compared to David Beckham, has gone from cool, creative, efficient and the sender behind the spectacular to playing without confidence as part of a City machine that doesn’t even work. As we move into 2025, Grealish will hear it from Guardiola again.
Pep Giuardola has for the past year openly yelled at Grealish after games where he has not filled the role of gamechanger, now the City manager reports that he has partially given up on Grealish.
In the last two games, there have been seven minutes on the pitch for Grealish, Guardiola is now betting on a Savinho on the offensive.
“I fought a lot for him (Grealish). I’ve said: ‘come on, do it again, do it again’. I’ve seen his level and I want it for every training session and every game. If not, Savinho is there,” Guardiola begins to the Telegraph
“Does anyone think Savinho doesn’t deserve to play? No, he deserves it. That’s why I let him play, because he delivers. Savinho is in better shape than Jack and that’s why I played with Savinho. Will I have Jack who won Treble? Yes, I would like to. But I try to be honest with myself. It is not about what they have done or will do. It’s about the one hour and 30 minutes, or the one hour and 45 minutes we have to play is the players’ responsibility, not mine,” the City manager concluded.
This is not going anywhere, Grealish, time to change clubs.
