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Man City star Jack Grealish opens up on 'football addict' Pep Guardiola

We are discussing the most famous calves in English football, those supersized specimens that emerge from a pair of rolled-down socks.

A throwback look for a very 21st-century footballer, the Manchester City and England forward with an Alice band in his hair, the No 10 on his shirt and that £100million price tag on his shoulders.

Jack Grealish will return to his transfer and its accompanying challenges later, but first things first: those calves. ‘I actually don’t do anything,’ he says. ‘It’s just something that runs in the family. My grandad always had big calves when he used to play football.