Anger over nomination
Guardiola teases: “He knows better than me”
Jack Grealish was nominated for the Nations League squad by England coach Lee Carsley, even though he has yet to recover from injury. This annoys City coach Pep Guardiola. "He knows better than me," the Spaniard taunts.
Grealish has only recently returned to team training at Manchester City after an injury break. Nevertheless, England coach Lee Carsley, who is still in charge until January when Thomas Tuchel takes over, has named the 29-year-old winger for the upcoming Nations League games.
"He's not fit for my team"
Guardiola, of course, cannot quite understand this. "That's a question for the England coach, I'm not involved. They can call up whoever they want. But he's not fit for my team. He can't play."
Guardiola continued: "After the game against Wolves he was out for 17 days and today he trained with the team again for the first time. The England coach knows better than me."
Carsley had previously expressed cautious optimism about Grealish's recovery: "We are in close contact with the medical staff and expect Jack to be fit. He's been training for the last few days so he'll come in, we'll assess him and make sure he's ready to play."
The England national team play Greece on Thursday and Ireland at home three days later. Will Grealish be ready to play? ...
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