Jack Grealish told a Manchester City fan he loves the club ‘more than anything’ after an Oasis gig on Friday night.
The 29-year-old has been granted permission to find a new team this summer after he was left out of City’s Club World Cup squad by Pep Guardiola last month.
Grealish was on holiday in Greece during City’s Club World Cup campaign but the midfielder is now back in the UK and attended Oasis’ gig at Heaton Park.
The midfielder posed for photos with City supporters at the gig and was filmed telling one fan: ‘You know what, bro. I love City more than anything.
‘And do you what I love more than anything… City fans. Bro, they’re the best fans in the world.’
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Grealish, who City signed in a £100 million deal from Aston Villa in 2021, was in the same VIP section as Guardiola, although the pair did not interact.
‘Jack and Pep were stood in the same VIP section of the Oasis gig but at complete opposite ends of the stand,’ an onlooker told The Mirror.
‘Jack was in full spirits, belting every word while Pep seemed to be more family focussed. The pair didn’t interact with one another, at least publicly, but they both had a great night.’
Speaking last month, Guardiola told Grealish that he needed to rediscover his love for playing football after starting just seven games in the Premier League last season.
‘He had a conversation between him and the club and they decided it was best [to stay behind],’ said Guardiola.
‘Jack is an exceptional player. The only reason why he didn’t play last season is of course my decisions. We decide that he has to play. The club was honest, he was honest.
‘We decide the best is to stay [behind] and have a place that he can feel like he can come back to be the player like he was in the year of the treble or all his career in Aston Villa.
‘The fact is in the last two seasons he didn’t play much minutes. He has to come back to play and have the butterflies in his stomach that he can play every three days, every three days and show again the quality he has.’
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