Ollie Watkins has now admitted he feels sorry for Jack Grealish after the Manchester City No.10’s rise to stardom.
The Aston Villa No.11 made the comment when speaking to the Independent.
So, what did Ollie Watkins say about Jack Grealish? Let’s take a look…
What’s the story?
Well, the England international was speaking about how he can no longer pop to Sainsbury’s without being mobbed by supporters.
Watkins did – however – concede that he is grateful about not being as popular as Grealish, for example.
The 27-year-old said: “I used to just go and shop in Sainsbury’s, normal, and I came to try and do it at Villa and I couldn’t. Once one person asks for a photo, then maybe it’s two or three, and then it’s hard to do shopping. I came home and I was fuming. I said to my missus, I’m never going out again, and since then I don’t do the shopping.”
“I can imagine for Jack, it’s 10 times worse. He’s on another level, he’s like a superstar.”
Grealish’s star has certainly shot up since making his £100m move to Manchester City in August 2021.
The 28-year-old has scored for England at a World Cup, while also becoming one of few players in history to win the treble.
As a result, a trip to Sainsbury’s would be a very stressful outing – to say the least!
Guardiola may be trying to get more out of Grealish at Manchester City
Interestingly, Pep Guardiola left Grealish on the bench for the entirety of Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.
Roy Keane then claimed that the Spaniard might be playing mind games with his £100m man, in order to get more out of him.
Whatever is happening behind the scenes, Grealish has started the 2023/24 campaign slowly, and must step things up a little bit at the Etihad Stadium.
