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Metro
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Metro
Arsenal urged to sign 'unfairly treated' £40m Man City star
Arsenal have been urged to make a move for Manchester City midfielder Jack Grealish this summer. City are open to selling Grealish after he fell out of favour with Pep Guardiola last season. Grealish, who has been omitted from City's Club World Cup squad this summer, started just seven games in the Premier League last season and was left on the bench for the 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final. City have had no takers for Grealish after setting a £40 million asking price but Colin Hendry, who won the Premier League title with Blackburn Rovers in 1995, believes Arsenal should be in the running for the 29-year-old. 'It looks like Jack's City days are numbered,' Hendry told Coin Poker. Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro's Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we'll send you so we can get football news tailored to you. 'He's been left out of the Club World Cup squad and he didn't play nearly enough football last season. It's going to be a big summer for him and he's got some big decisions to make, possibly the biggest decision of his career in terms of making sure that whichever club he decides to join next season, it's the right one for him. 'Jack is a player that I've followed for a long time. When I was working as the Blackburn academy coach, we played Villa and he was the best player on the pitch by miles. I've kind of been following him since, and he's gone and had an unbelievable career. 'I think he's unfairly treated sometimes. People have ideas about him that I don't think are true. 'You can't win what he has done and have the career he's had – getting the £100m move to City – winning the treble, without having something about you. He's been a scapegoat sometimes. More Trending 'He's an excellent footballer and now he has a decision to make. It's a great position for him to be in because he leave's City with a shed-load of medals and the opportunity to go and show everyone who he is as a player. He absolutely must pick the right club that will allow him to express himself. 'I want to see him go and prove people wrong, even though he doesn't really have anything to prove to anyone. 'Whether that is in the Premier League, with say a return to Aston Villa, or somewhere on the continent. 'Whoever gets him will be getting an unbelievable player. I actually think he could be a good addition for a team like Arsenal because they're in need of a bit more creativity.' For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. MORE: West Ham approached by Juventus over £30m swap deal MORE: Ruben Amorim decides to axe four Manchester United stars from pre-season tour MORE: Arsenal consider shock transfer move for Chelsea star as Rodrygo alternative
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Jack Grealish is latest England star caught in football's Neverland as spiralling wages syndrome claims first victims
IF you have ever watched Peter Pan, you will be familiar with the Lost Boys. Little babies who fell out of their prams and were carted off to Neverland, where they live in limbo. 6 Jack Grealish faces an uncertain time ahead of the Word Cup Credit: Getty 6 Man Utd striker Marcus Rashford was on loan at Aston Villa in 2024-25 and his future is also unclear, although Newcastle are interested Credit: Getty 6 Chelsea chose not to buy Man Utd loanee Jadon Sancho permanently Credit: PA There is a growing number of Premier League footballers finding themselves in a similar position as the spiralling wages syndrome of recent years starts to claim its first victims. Led by Grealish is currently trying to plot a way out of Effectively shoved out of his pushchair by boss Pep Guardiola and told to find somewhere else to live. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL At present, one of England's most naturally gifted footballers is caught in Neverland. Italian champions To be fair, it doesn't take a genius to work out that Grealish is a decent player, just down on his luck and caught in a tricky situation with a boss who doesn't recognise his talents. Yet the problem is the approximate £270,000-per-week wages that he trousers as an accessory to the £100million he commanded when signing from Most read in Football 6 BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Back then the British record transfer fee looked to be the catalyst for one of the last great football mavericks to ascend new heights and become a superstar with the character to match. It's now all just fizzling out in a sad demise. Jack Grealish has gone from eye-catching showman and heartthrob to miserable bench warmer - and I know who's to blame Guardiola can claim how much he loves 'Jack' all he likes. But there is only one real love for top-level players — and that is to see their names on the team sheet each week. One minute off the bench in the last game of the season sums it up for the Brummie bad lad everyone adores. It's time to go. But with two years left on his contract, that's roughly £28m in his bin. We hear all that old guff about it's not about money, it's about football, but why should Grealish pay the price for the fact that Guardiola sold him a dream four years ago but couldn't make it come true? So now there is an impasse, and it's not the first time it's happened in the blue part of Manchester. City signed Wayne Bridge from Picking up around £60,000 a week back then was a decent whack for a player, though not in Grealish's league, even accounting for inflation. The move went t**s up and for the next four years full-back Bridge turned up for work, trained and did his bit but was sent on loan to He played barely 40 games for City overall but took his full pay cheque every month. It cost the club around £13m in pay — or just over £3m a game. Numbers associated with top footballers since then have gone fully cosmic. Winger Sterling was signed by Chelsea's new owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali in 2022. Ironically, from Manchester City. He wasn't going to turn down the £300,000 a week being thrust in his hands by the naive Americans. 6 Raheem Sterling struggled on loan at Arsenal from Chelsea Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Sterling is now a lost soul. He spent last season sitting on the bench on loan at Arsenal. He is back now and as part of the infamous 'bomb squad' of Z-listers under coach But those wages will now just get in the way. For another two years. Good luck finding a Premier League club willing to shell out £15m a year for a forward who scored one goal last season. Ditto for striker Rashford, who will soon report back to And for his Red Devils club-mate Sancho — a Champions League finalist in 2024 who Chelsea paid £5m to get off their hands after a year on loan with them. If no compromises can be found, that's four full-blown England internationals stuck in Limboland come the start of the Premier League season on August 16. They'll be able to pay their mortgages — but what a waste for the game as a whole. LAK OF LOGIC Which doesn't really make sense. The Serbian told BBC Radio Solent that some of the baffling decisions that went against his team last winter robbed them of eight points. He said: 'I'm not saying we would stay in the league, but we would have had a much more competitive run and Russell would definitely still be leading the team.' But if the decisions by VAR were the issue, then it can't have been the fault of Martin. So why didn't Southampton's top man recognise that and stick by his coach? Saints have had four different full-time managers since 2022. Just saying . . . 6 Russell Martin was axed by Southampton but is Ranges' new boss Credit: PA EMPTY THREAT THE Club World Cup is at least trying new things. Introducing individual player walk-ons and scrubbing out-of-date traditions, such as crowds in stadiums, are notable innovations. But best of all is the 'most threatening player' caption which appeared in the corner of my TV screen during I assume it's meant in terms of attacking players putting pressure on the opposition goal. Of which there wasn't much in this poor excuse for a game. However, it did make me wonder what fun we could have had with such an analytic tool back in the days of Roy Keane and Duncan Ferguson. STICKIN' BOOT IN THE new Premier League fixtures are out, yet two of its biggest teams are still playing competitive games — at the Club World Cup. And when next season finishes we'll roll straight into a World Cup, having seen nine Prem teams compete in expanded European competitions throughout the winter. It's final, depressing proof that football is 24/7, 365 days a year and now the backdrop to everyday life, every day.
The Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Jack Grealish is latest England star caught in football's Neverland as spiralling wages syndrome claims first victims
IF you have ever watched Peter Pan, you will be familiar with the Lost Boys. Little babies who fell out of their prams and were carted off to Neverland, where they live in limbo. 6 6 There is a growing number of Premier League footballers finding themselves in a similar position as the spiralling wages syndrome of recent years starts to claim its first victims. Led by Jack Grealish, players like Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford are now without roots and swinging in the wind, without a place to really call home. Grealish is currently trying to plot a way out of Manchester City having been told his services are no longer required. Effectively shoved out of his pushchair by boss Pep Guardiola and told to find somewhere else to live. At present, one of England's most naturally gifted footballers is caught in Neverland. Italian champions Napoli have recognised there is a gem of a player to be had, even if he is surplus to requirements at the Etihad. To be fair, it doesn't take a genius to work out that Grealish is a decent player, just down on his luck and caught in a tricky situation with a boss who doesn't recognise his talents. Yet the problem is the approximate £270,000-per-week wages that he trousers as an accessory to the £100million he commanded when signing from Aston Villa in 2021. 6 BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Back then the British record transfer fee looked to be the catalyst for one of the last great football mavericks to ascend new heights and become a superstar with the character to match. It's now all just fizzling out in a sad demise. Guardiola can claim how much he loves 'Jack' all he likes. But there is only one real love for top-level players — and that is to see their names on the team sheet each week. One minute off the bench in the last game of the season sums it up for the Brummie bad lad everyone adores. It's time to go. But with two years left on his contract, that's roughly £28m in his bin. We hear all that old guff about it's not about money, it's about football, but why should Grealish pay the price for the fact that Guardiola sold him a dream four years ago but couldn't make it come true? So now there is an impasse, and it's not the first time it's happened in the blue part of Manchester. City signed Wayne Bridge from Chelsea in 2009. Picking up around £60,000 a week back then was a decent whack for a player, though not in Grealish's league, even accounting for inflation. The move went t**s up and for the next four years full-back Bridge turned up for work, trained and did his bit but was sent on loan to West Ham, Sunderland and Brighton before finally moving to Championship side Reading. He played barely 40 games for City overall but took his full pay cheque every month. It cost the club around £13m in pay — or just over £3m a game. Numbers associated with top footballers since then have gone fully cosmic. Winger Sterling was signed by Chelsea's new owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali in 2022. Ironically, from Manchester City. He wasn't going to turn down the £300,000 a week being thrust in his hands by the naive Americans. 6 Sterling is now a lost soul. He spent last season sitting on the bench on loan at Arsenal. He is back now and as part of the infamous 'bomb squad' of Z-listers under coach Enzo Maresca, needs to get out to play. But those wages will now just get in the way. For another two years. Good luck finding a Premier League club willing to shell out £15m a year for a forward who scored one goal last season. Ditto for striker Rashford, who will soon report back to Manchester United from his loan spell at Aston Villa amid interest from Newcastle. And for his Red Devils club-mate Sancho — a Champions League finalist in 2024 who Chelsea paid £5m to get off their hands after a year on loan with them. If no compromises can be found, that's four full-blown England internationals stuck in Limboland come the start of the Premier League season on August 16. They'll be able to pay their mortgages — but what a waste for the game as a whole. LAK OF LOGIC SOUTHAMPTON chairman Dragan Solak claims VAR cost former manager Russell Martin his job. Which doesn't really make sense. The Serbian told BBC Radio Solent that some of the baffling decisions that went against his team last winter robbed them of eight points. He said: 'I'm not saying we would stay in the league, but we would have had a much more competitive run and Russell would definitely still be leading the team.' But if the decisions by VAR were the issue, then it can't have been the fault of Martin. So why didn't Southampton's top man recognise that and stick by his coach? Saints have had four different full-time managers since 2022. Just saying . . . 6 EMPTY THREAT THE Club World Cup is at least trying new things. Introducing individual player walk-ons and scrubbing out-of-date traditions, such as crowds in stadiums, are notable innovations. But best of all is the 'most threatening player' caption which appeared in the corner of my TV screen during Real Madrid's limp 1-1 draw with Saudi minnows Al-Hilal on Wednesday. I assume it's meant in terms of attacking players putting pressure on the opposition goal. Of which there wasn't much in this poor excuse for a game. However, it did make me wonder what fun we could have had with such an analytic tool back in the days of Roy Keane and Duncan Ferguson. STICKIN' BOOT IN THE new Premier League fixtures are out, yet two of its biggest teams are still playing competitive games — at the Club World Cup. And when next season finishes we'll roll straight into a World Cup, having seen nine Prem teams compete in expanded European competitions throughout the winter. It's final, depressing proof that football is 24/7, 365 days a year and now the backdrop to everyday life, every day.
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Jack Grealish is latest England star caught in football's Neverland as spiralling wages syndrome claims first victims
IF you have ever watched Peter Pan, you will be familiar with the Lost Boys. Little babies who fell out of their prams and were carted off to Neverland, where they live in limbo. 6 Jack Grealish faces an uncertain time ahead of the Word Cup Credit: Getty 6 Man Utd striker Marcus Rashford was on loan at Aston Villa in 2024-25 and his future is also unclear, although Newcastle are interested Credit: Getty 6 Chelsea chose not to buy Man Utd loanee Jadon Sancho permanently Credit: PA There is a growing number of Premier League footballers finding themselves in a similar position as the spiralling wages syndrome of recent years starts to claim its first victims. Led by Jack Grealish, players like Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford are now without roots and swinging in the wind, without a place to really call home. Grealish is currently trying to plot a way out of Manchester City having been told his services are no longer required. Effectively shoved out of his pushchair by boss Pep Guardiola and told to find somewhere else to live. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL GAME STOPPED Club World Cup clash suspended as fans and commentators told to 'get inside' At present, one of England's most naturally gifted footballers is caught in Neverland. Italian champions Napoli have recognised there is a gem of a player to be had, even if he is surplus to requirements at the Etihad. To be fair, it doesn't take a genius to work out that Grealish is a decent player, just down on his luck and caught in a tricky situation with a boss who doesn't recognise his talents. Yet the problem is the approximate £270,000-per-week wages that he trousers as an accessory to the £100million he commanded when signing from Aston Villa in 2021. 6 BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Back then the British record transfer fee looked to be the catalyst for one of the last great football mavericks to ascend new heights and become a superstar with the character to match. It's now all just fizzling out in a sad demise. Jack Grealish has gone from eye-catching showman and heartthrob to miserable bench warmer - and I know who's to blame Guardiola can claim how much he loves 'Jack' all he likes. But there is only one real love for top-level players — and that is to see their names on the team sheet each week. One minute off the bench in the last game of the season sums it up for the Brummie bad lad everyone adores. It's time to go. But with two years left on his contract, that's roughly £28m in his bin. We hear all that old guff about it's not about money, it's about football, but why should Grealish pay the price for the fact that Guardiola sold him a dream four years ago but couldn't make it come true? So now there is an impasse, and it's not the first time it's happened in the blue part of Manchester. City signed Wayne Bridge from Chelsea in 2009. Picking up around £60,000 a week back then was a decent whack for a player, though not in Grealish's league, even accounting for inflation. The move went t**s up and for the next four years full-back Bridge turned up for work, trained and did his bit but was sent on loan to West Ham, Sunderland and Brighton before finally moving to Championship side Reading. He played barely 40 games for City overall but took his full pay cheque every month. It cost the club around £13m in pay — or just over £3m a game. Numbers associated with top footballers since then have gone fully cosmic. Winger Sterling was signed by Chelsea's new owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali in 2022. Ironically, from Manchester City. He wasn't going to turn down the £300,000 a week being thrust in his hands by the naive Americans. 6 Raheem Sterling struggled on loan at Arsenal from Chelsea Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Sterling is now a lost soul. He spent last season sitting on the bench on loan at Arsenal. He is back now and as part of the infamous 'bomb squad' of Z-listers under coach Enzo Maresca, needs to get out to play. But those wages will now just get in the way. For another two years. Good luck finding a Premier League club willing to shell out £15m a year for a forward who scored one goal last season. Ditto for striker Rashford, who will soon report back to Manchester United from his loan spell at Aston Villa amid interest from Newcastle. And for his Red Devils club-mate Sancho — a Champions League finalist in 2024 who Chelsea paid £5m to get off their hands after a year on loan with them. If no compromises can be found, that's four full-blown England internationals stuck in Limboland come the start of the Premier League season on August 16. They'll be able to pay their mortgages — but what a waste for the game as a whole. LAK OF LOGIC SOUTHAMPTON chairman Dragan Solak claims VAR cost former manager Russell Martin his job. Which doesn't really make sense. The Serbian told BBC Radio Solent that some of the baffling decisions that went against his team last winter robbed them of eight points. He said: 'I'm not saying we would stay in the league, but we would have had a much more competitive run and Russell would definitely still be leading the team.' But if the decisions by VAR were the issue, then it can't have been the fault of Martin. So why didn't Southampton's top man recognise that and stick by his coach? Saints have had four different full-time managers since 2022. Just saying . . . 6 Russell Martin was axed by Southampton but is Ranges' new boss Credit: PA EMPTY THREAT THE Club World Cup is at least trying new things. Introducing individual player walk-ons and scrubbing out-of-date traditions, such as crowds in stadiums, are notable innovations. But best of all is the 'most threatening player' caption which appeared in the corner of my TV screen during Real Madrid's limp 1-1 draw with Saudi minnows Al-Hilal on Wednesday. I assume it's meant in terms of attacking players putting pressure on the opposition goal. Of which there wasn't much in this poor excuse for a game. However, it did make me wonder what fun we could have had with such an analytic tool back in the days of Roy Keane and Duncan Ferguson. STICKIN' BOOT IN THE new Premier League fixtures are out, yet two of its biggest teams are still playing competitive games — at the Club World Cup. And when next season finishes we'll roll straight into a World Cup, having seen nine Prem teams compete in expanded European competitions throughout the winter. It's final, depressing proof that football is 24/7, 365 days a year and now the backdrop to everyday life, every day.
Irish Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Jack Grealish's true colours shown amid Man City transfer speculation
Jack Grealish has been generously donating thousands of pounds to those in need, revealing the true character of the Manchester City player. Grealish made his move to City four years ago from Aston Villa in a £100million deal. He was instrumental in their treble win in 2023, playing the full 90 minutes in the Champions League final. However, the past two years have seen a decline in his fortunes under Pep Guardiola's management. The 29 year old only started seven Premier League games in the most recent season. He was also excluded from their Club World Cup squad, with Guardiola indicating that the Englishman is free to leave the Etihad Stadium this summer. Despite the struggles in his professional life, Grealish has continued to be a shining role model. After scoring in the 2022 World Cup, Grealish dedicated his celebration to 11-year-old Finlay, who has cerebral palsy. Aside from dedicating celebrations, Grealish has also emerged as a generous donator to charity funds. In fact, the Englishman has gifted tens of thousands of pounds over the past five years, without fanfare. According to The Sun, the 29-year-old reads GoFundMe to find causes and his latest donation was sending £1,400 to a cancer-hit dad. He is said to have come across the man's page while on holiday. Grealish also donated £1,000 towards a woman's funeral fees earlier this year. Other donations include giving £5,000 to a 20-year-old with a cancer back in 2023 and handing £5,000 to a death crash victim's family two years before that. It is said that Grealish's sister Hollie, who has cerebral palsy, has inspired him to be so generous. Growing up with her 'opened his eyes' to the challenges that ordinary people face. Grealish will be hoping to reinvigorate his career this summer, with the winger expected to be on the move. Boss Guardiola recently paid an emotional tribute to him, admitting he owes the English a huge amount. City boss Guardiola said: "It was a conversation between him and the club and they decide. Jack is an exceptional player, the only reason why he didn't play last season is of course my decisions, and we decide that he has to play - and the club was honest, he was honest. "We decide the best is that he has a place that he can feel he can play and come back to be the player that he was in the year of the treble or all his career at Aston Villa; without him it would have been impossible or more difficult to achieve the treble. "The fact is the last two seasons he hasn't played much minutes and he has to come back to play and get the butterflies back in his stomach that he can play every three days and show again the quality that he has."
