Man City boss Pep Guardiola APOLOGISES to Jack Grealish with England man playing just 604 Premier League minutes

MANCHESTER CITY manager Pep Guardiola is "so sorry" Jack Grealish isn't playing capable this season.

Grealish, 29, became the most costly British signing successful Premier League history 4 years agone erstwhile helium joined City from Aston Villa pursuing a staggering £100million deal.

The versatile guardant deed the crushed moving nether Guardiola, 54, and helium was a cardinal portion of the treble-winning broadside during the 2022-23 campaign.

However, the England planetary has importantly slowed down the past 2 seasons, thing that led to a heartbreaking omission from England's Euro 2024 squad past summer.

Grealish has lone managed a specified 2 goals and 4 assists successful 22 appearances crossed each competitions this word - that adds up to conscionable 604 Premier League minutes.

The ex-Villa prima hasn't been portion of Guardiola's starting line-up since January 11 erstwhile the Citizens demolished Salford City 8-0 successful the FA Cup.

Grealish volition beryllium hoping to commencement successful the competition's 4th circular connected Saturday astatine Leyton Orient wherever the Catalan tactician tin rotate.

Guardiola addressed the contented with an evident nationalist apology to his player.

However, the City brag insists this is not idiosyncratic and alternatively this comes down to amended displays by the likes of Jeremy Doku and particularly Savinho.

Guardiola said: "I'm truthful atrocious helium doesn't get the minutes that possibly helium deserves.

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"But [in] the end, the contributions from Jeremy oregon Savinho person been monolithic this season, this is the lone crushed why.

"It's not personal, oregon [that] I don't similar Jack, oregon I don't person assurance successful him.

"Of people erstwhile you play 1 subordinate much minutes than another, you person much assurance [than him] close now.

"But I cognize his attributes, it's conscionable for the information that for the interaction of Savinho.

It's [Savinho's] archetypal season; his interaction successful goals, and assists, the past crippled astatine Arsenal made an unthinkable step-up defensively and challenging duels. And this is the crushed why."

SunSport revealed that Grealish's deficiency of minutes astatine the Etihad led to involvement from Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan during the January transportation model amid doubts astir his Man City future.