The descent into hell of Guardiola’s Manchester City hides tremendous situations. One of them is Jack Grealish’s blackout. The Englishman completed a year without scoring a goal against United, in the duel that escaped them at the Etihad. The data is harsh, even more so for an offensive player from one of the most attacking teams in Europe by far.
The English international’s blackout is timeless. He has lost his place in City, he has also lost it in the English team (he was left out of the Euro Cup in which the British reached the final and lost to Spain) and right now he is missing. Nothing remains of his ability to reach the area, to motivate the stands, to overwhelm, to generate, nothing. In this calendar year without being able to score, his last goal was in the Premier against Crystal Palace on December 16, 2023, City has played 58 official matches between the League, Champions League and the different Cup competitions held in England and Grealish has been absent. Injuries have also deprived him of having excessive continuity, but the truth is that his progression has stopped short and it seems that, if Guardiola continues next season at City, he has renewed, he will have to look for a place far away. from Manchester to start again.
The winger became the big transfer in Europe in the summer of 2021. City paid 120 million euros to Aston Villa. He has a contract in force until June 2027, but this year he has lost all prominence. Against United he came out in the last minutes of the match and his presence on the field coincided with the comeback of the Red Devils who ended up winning the derby. The international managed to alleviate his sorrows with England in a League B match of the Nations League against Finland on October 13 in a match that the British won easily, but in the following two matches against Greece and Ireland the coach once again forgot from the extreme to close a 2024 to forget in the individual aspect.
