Manchester City have seen many players from their squad take part in the recent round of Nations League matches.
Prior to that, City had more players (14) picked to go to the 2024 European Championship over the summer than any other side in the Premier League.
With the Manchester club now set to see their squad get back together for their upcoming fixtures, one pundit and former top-flight star has made a claim about one particular figure in Pep Guardiola’s ranks and what the future could hold for him in his international team.
Danny Murphy claims Jack Grealish will get dropped for England
After seeing Jack Grealish start both of England’s recent 2-0 Nations League victories against Ireland and Finland, Danny Murphy had this to say about the City star in a recent video shared on the talkSPORT YouTube channel.
He said: “He has done well, he’s done well in the games but when everyone is fit he won’t play.
“He’s a talent, I really like him, he’s got loads of qualities that I love. Takes the ball, he’s as strong as an ox, you can’t get the ball [off him] when he dribbles.
“He does lots of things, but we’ve got players you play in his position who are much more productive.”
Grealish made the most of his recent England chances
After not being included in England’s squad for the Euros, Grealish was called up by Lee Carsley in the most recent Three Lions squad, which didn’t include the likes of Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham or Cole Palmer to name a few.
Scoring in the 2-0 win over Ireland, the 29-year-old then completed the full 90 minutes in the recent win over Finland.
Interestingly, Grealish played both of these games in an attacking-midfield role rather than in the left-wing positions he predominantly plays for City.
After the Ireland game, Carsley said that Grealish doesn’t have anything to prove to the current England coaching staff about his quality, despite not being picked by Gareth Southgate for the Euros.
Having made the most of these two chances to shine on the international stage again, it’ll be interesting to see how the City star fares in terms of getting into an England team that has all of its usual players in the squad again.
