Jack Grealish sat down this week and was asked to sum up his start to life at Manchester City. In a word, he said 'difficult'. He can say that again.
It was this week in particular as he is in line for his first return to Aston Villa tonight since leaving his boyhood club for £100million in the summer.
There was a sense of inevitability than when Grealish went from being the main character at Villa to one of a large supporting cast at City it would look and feel different.