Jack Grealish departed his boyhood club in a record-breaking 165 million USD transfer this summer, with City having triggered the release clause.Now on international duty with England, the attack-oriented midfielder replied on social media on the money, the transfer and all the negativity surrounding his move.One Midlands-based reporter published an article in which he hit the footballer hard, pinning him all sorts of epithets. Grealish simply couldn’t keep silent.This is the worst and most one sided article I’ve ever seen.. Classless? Jealous? Couldn’t wait to get out? Arrogance? How exactly? I’ve been a villa fan my whole life and still am. The thing is you don’t understand what goes on in the real football world.— Jack Grealish (@JackGrealish) September 3, 2021 Swapping Birmingham for Manchester, Grealish was ‘the talk of the town’ during the latest transfer window and one of the reasons was the massive amount of money that ended up at Villa Park. More specifically the clause.’That’s why we had it put it in. Because I knew if I played to the way that I can, and have a club who knows that they can work with me over the next few years and build me to something that I can go onto to become one of the best in the league, then they’d pay that. And that’s what I think City thought.’The author of the article also said that the words the Birmingham-born star said during his reveling at Etihad and during the ITV interview were ‘painful’ and ‘insulting’ and that Grealish was ‘unrecognisable’.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Grealish reacted quickly via Twitter, defending his own actions and explaining the situation to the wider public.’This is the worst and most one sided article I’ve ever seen,’ he wrote. ‘Classless? Jealous? Couldn’t wait to get out? Arrogance? How exactly? ‘I’ve been a villa fan my whole life and still am. The thing is you don’t understand what goes on in the real football world.’The reporter in question said that the vibe he got from the interview was that the player ‘couldn’t wait to get out’ of the club. Frustrated Villa supporters feel that Grealish was using his release clause to ‘hide’ and secure the lucrative move. Fanbase have also accused their former captain of being disrespectful in general when discussing Villa after joining City.Who needs Kane and Messi? Manchester City continue to tie their best players to new contractsIn the same interview, Grealish said he is happy to handle the pressure of being England’s first ever 100 million GBP footballer.This season, Grealish will play European club football for the first time and has his sights set on becoming a Three Lions regular, and he is content with the burden. ‘I think it sounds good,’ he said, on being England’s first £100m player. ‘I’m happy with it, I like it. It’s something to be proud of really isn’t it. For City to have spent that sort of money on me shows how highly they value me.’Grealish already made three Premier League appearances at City, scoring once on his home debut and picking up one assist.
