Nathan Ake has insisted Jack Grealish is working very hard at the moment to try and rediscover his best form at Manchester City.
Ake was speaking about Grealish yesterday ahead of the Champions League last 16 clash with Copenhagen.
The winger has been on the periphery at the Etihad recently.
Grealish has not started any of City’s last four Premier League games, playing just 16 minutes across a couple of cameo appearances.
He also missed out on playing in the FA Cup clash against Tottenham Hotspur, but did feature in the previous round against Huddersfield Town
Grealish was one of City’s key players last season, and Ake is backing his teammate to come good soon…
Nathan Ake backs Jack Grealish to find his mojo again for Manchester City
Ake spoke about a few things ahead of City’s game with Copenhagen tonight.
The Dutch defender admitted it is such hard competition to win, and also talked up talented City youngster Oscar Bobb, calling him ‘technically unbelievable’.
But Ake also spoke about Grealish, who has not had a great start personally to 2024.
After Guardiola last week challenged him to be as good as he was last season, Ake said of Grealish (via Beanyman Sports): “Jack is good. He’s very good. Everyone knows in the team, for sure, and everyone outside of football know how good he is. He’s a top guy.
“He won’t change, if he doesn’t play for a few games he will still work hard. Give his everything every day.
“I think that motivates us as well, even though maybe he’s a bit down that he didn’t play as much, he’s still fighting in training and working hard. I think that lifts everyone. I’m sure he will play lots and lots of games.”
Grealish has work to do
It has been quite a stop-start season for Grealish at City.
Just lately, he’s not been in the team with the likes of Jeremy Doku, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Oscar Bobb preferred in the wide areas.
He doesn’t quite have that same feeling about him as last season, and Pep seemingly feels the star needs to be doing more at the moment, otherwise he would have turned to him more.
Hopefully, the £100 million man can get back to his best level soon, but he will need to give Guardiola a reason to start starting him again.
