Manchester City's Jack Grealish gestures to the crowd after the Premier League match at Aston Villa.
Manchester City's Jack Grealish gestures to the crowd after the Premier League match at Aston Villa.
There is one thing that is always certain about Jack Grealish - he's never going to be too far away from the headlines. Sometimes for the right reasons, and sometimes for all the wrong ones - like last weekend.
He was the name in the frame thanks to his reaction to some supporters at Villa Park goading him as Man City fell to another defeat as their poor form continues.
There are some Aston Villa fans who don't like Jack Grealish. That's ok.
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There are some Aston Villa fans who don't want to see him in a Villa shirt again. That's ok.
If there were some Aston Villa fans who gave him dog's abuse at the weekend. That's not ok.
He retaliated to those few fans - that was just unwise. It was also a very human reaction, and it wasn't in any way some grand sweeping gesture that showed his true feelings for the club.
Grealish will always be claret and blue, his family would never let him be anything else and most Villa fans know how much the club still means to him.
It was a daft response from him towards the haters, but it's not indicative of the his feelings about the club he has supported since he was a small boy.
After leaving the club for Man City, he spoke about the strength of his feelings for the club and told the Telegraph his hopes that he would one day return.
He stated: 'You can't imagine how hard it was for me to leave. I went for a run in the morning, a load of people took photographs of me and it was all on social [media] that I was staying.
'I came back and had to address all the players and staff. There were about 70 people there. I spoke for about a minute-and-a-half, then I had to stop because I had a lump in my throat and was crying.
'I was a bit surprised by some of the backlash when I left. I'd never want a toxic relationship with anyone there. I owe everything to them and I wouldn't be at City without Villa.
'It's a club that is so close to my heart and I definitely hope to go back there.
'That's always been in my mind. Ashley Young has done it and I want to do the same, 100 per cent.'
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