McManaman: Grealish still adjusting at Man City - and with his £100M price-tag

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25 Dec 2021 • 7:01 AM MYT
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Former Manchester City midfielder Steve McManaman is confident Jack Grealish will find his best form.

Grealish was dropped this week for off the pitch issues.

"There's more scrutiny because of the price tag," McManaman told horseracing.net. "If he had gone to City for £10million, no one would be interested.

"But as soon as he went to £100million and he became the most expensive player, of course there's more attention on him and his performances."

Nevertheless, the former England man is confident that the best us yet to come from the former Notts County loanee.

McManaman added: "He does have to improve.

"I didn't necessarily expect him to have a superstar performance against Wolves as it wasn't a game where you could 'star' by the way the game was played, with Wolves basically just defending. But yes he will get better.

"Working with Pep Guardiola will make him better. He does have to be a little bit quicker, because Manchester City play quicker than the way he played at Aston Villa, but he'll be fine."


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