Chelsea planning shock move for Manchester City attacker?
It has been nearly three years since the Premier League champions triggered the £100m release clause to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa, making him the most expensive British footballer at the time.
The 28-year-old has featured regularly for Pep Guardiola ever since, making 124 appearances and winning six major honours, but he only has 14 goals and 18 assists to his name in sky blue.
As such, there is a consensus that Grealish has failed to live up to his nine-figure price tag, and he has only scored three goals while setting up three more in 35 matches during the current campaign.
While the ex-Aston Villa man has featured regularly in Champions League action with eight European starts to his name, he has only made the first XI on 10 occasions in the 2023-24 Premier League season, completing the full 90 seven times.
Chelsea 'discussing move for Grealish'The England international's contract at the Etihad Stadium runs for another three years, but he is still on the same terms he penned upon his arrival in 2021, and there is no extension in the pipeline.
As a result, journalist Simon Phillips claims that City could be open to appropriate bids for Grealish this summer, and the winger himself would give consideration to moving on to another club where he might play a more prominent role.
«Another winger I am told has been internally discussed at Chelsea recently, is Manchester City's Jack Grealish,» Phillips wrote on his Substack page.
«The 28-year-old has been linked with a return to his former club Aston Villa in recent weeks, and due to his bit-part role at City, there is a belief in the
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