Former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher has hinted that he is slightly baffled by Manchester City’s decision to sign Jack Grealish in a £100million deal from Aston Villa.
City, who will get their Premier League campaign underway with a trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to face Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon, smashed the British transfer record to land Grealish just over a week ago.
The England international will add an extra sense of creativity and guile to Pep Guardiola’s ranks, meaning the former Barcelona chief now has an unimaginable amount of attacking talent to play with.
However, Carragher has raised some doubts about the former Villa captain’s switch to the Etihad Stadium, questioning whether or not he suits City’s style of play and that he could have understood it more if he had completed a move to Manchester United instead.
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Carragher told Sky Sports : “The Grealish deal intrigues me. If he’d signed for Manchester United, I could understand it a bit more, but at City it’s about the ball moving quickly.
“Jack likes to take touches and wants to draw people in to win fouls. There’s talk about him playing in a more central position rather than on the left wing. I’m really interested to see how that dynamic plays out as Grealish isn’t the type of midfielder I associate with City.
“Will City have to adapt to him? I don’t think it’s a game-changer.”
Although Carragher has raised doubts about Grealish’s switch to the Etihad Stadium, the former Notts County loanee’s creativity could be vital in the early stages of the season with both Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne sidelined through injury.
Last term, Grealish matched De Bruyne’s figures for both goals and assists in the Premier League, scoring six times and claiming 12 assists.
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