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Jack Grealish is in race to prove his fitness ahead of Euro 2020 after suffering shin injury setback... with Aston Villa boss Dean Smith admitting captain will be absent 'for at least a few more weeks'

Jack Grealish faces an anxious wait to prove his fitness for England's Euro 2020 campaign after Aston Villa boss Dean Smith admitted his captain would be missing 'for at least a few more weeks'.

The playmaker has suffered a setback in his return from a shin problem that has caused him to miss Villa's previous seven games. Smith insists Grealish will be back before the end of the campaign but refused to put a timeline on his recovery.

Grealish is so important to Villa that Smith accepted both he and the player had been 'too optimistic' in trying to ensure he would return against Fulham last Sunday.