Recent headlines have been dominated by the Jack Grealish vs Graeme Souness battle. Now Gareth Southgate weighs in.
Souness described Grealish during a recent talkSPORT appearance as a ‘good, but not great’ player.
These comments were responded to by the Man City star, who said that the Liverpool legend seemed to have a problem.
Souness returned to defend his views and gave a long explanation of his reasoning but ended by saying he’d love to have a night out.
Let’s be honest, most of us would love an invite to that booze up and Southgate is no different.
“We’d all like a night out with Jack, I wouldn’t mind one with Souey as well, so no problem,” the Three Lions boss joked to talkSPORT.
Southgate, of course, did give a serious answer to talkSPORT reporter Faye Carruthers’ question on Grealish and his recent contributions.
After making Grealish wait for his England call-up, it looked like Southgate was the one lacking a little faith in Grealish.
However, he now admits that he loves working alongside the City star and the national team.
He added: “He’s had a difficult start to the season with a couple of injuries. It was nice to see him at the far end of the field at the weekend, scoring and getting in the box.
“We know he’s got great creativity. Jack has been a great asset to us and we are very happy with his contribution.
“We love working with him, he’s a great kid to have around the camp.
“He’s working at a top club where it’s not easy to get in the team, never mind perform well.
“I don’t know if he will ever find the level Graeme wants!
“We are happy with the contributions for us, but I can’t really talk about club because you are not always 100 per cent certain on what individuals’ roles is and what the requirements are and what they are being asked to do with the ball.
“It’s of course easy to have an opinion from the outside, which I do with the players. I have to dig a bit deeper with the specifics they are being asked to do.”
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