Jack Grealish is holding court and has his audience eating from the palm of his hand. Like a seasoned storyteller, he has you in fits of laughter one moment and pangs of sadness the next.
‘I think sometimes footballers get told what to say in interviews,’ says Grealish. ‘But why would I sit here and say to you, “I go home, I sit in my room”, when I don’t do that?’.
Sitting at England’s Al Wakrah training complex on the outskirts of Doha, the Manchester City star stays true to his word.


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