Manchester City News can exclusively reveal how Jack Grealish feels about a potential exit this summer.
The former Aston Villa winger has started a mere five games in total for Manchester City this year and many might suggest that it would be best for all parties to move their separate ways. John Terry has urged Grealish to leave Manchester City due to his lack of playing time as Pep Guardiola has not fancied him quite so much this season.
Jack Grealish was even excluded from Thomas Tuchel’s first England squad and his status for both club and country has taken a massive nosedive since he won the treble with City in 2023.
As an exit from the Etihad Stadium could be on the cards for him, Grealish’s true feelings behind the scenes have come to the fore.
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Jack Grealish is very happy but Man City are open to selling him
Graeme Bailey — Manchester City News’ chief correspondent has been notified that the club will not stand in the 29-year-old’s way if he decides to leave this summer. In fact, Grealish is one of the players who Manchester City are open to sell ahead of the following campaign.
However, Manchester City News understand that the Englishman is “very happy” with life in the North West and is not pushing for an exit. While the Sky Blues will be satisfied know that, as Rodri claimed, Grealish must up his game if he wishes to become a starter under Guardiola’s reign once again.
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In case the decorated attacker does decide his time is up at Manchester City, there are suitors who have considered the prospect of signing him — with Tottenham Hotspur having considered a move before, Aston Villa have been keeping tabs while he is respected abroad.
But signing Grealish is easier said than done, as he is on massive wages and make him difficult to sign for most clubs in Europe.
How much does Jack Grealish earn at Man City?
It will be interesting to see which club decides to take on the treble-winner’s high wages and whether he is actually willing to take a pay cut to leave Manchester City in the summer.
But the evidence aligns with the fact that it will be tough for teams like Villa and Spurs to fund his wages.
Grealish earns £300,000-a-week at Manchester City and is one of the highest earners in the Premier League.
JACK GREALISH’S WAGES SON HEUNG-MIN’S WAGES EMILIANO MARTINEZ’S WAGES
£300,000 £190,000 £150,000
Tottenham’s highest-earner in Son earns £190,000-a-week while Aston Villa’s joint-highest is Emiliano Martinez, who earns £150,000 — keeping Marcus Rashford aside because he is still a Manchester United player — which means both clubs will have to break their wage structure to sign Grealish.