Jack Grealish has opened up about his friendship with Erling Haaland at Manchester Metropolis (opens in new tab) and described what it is prefer to play with ‘the perfect skilled he is ever seen’.
After a troublesome first season or so at Metropolis, Grealish has shone for Pep Guardiola’s aspect because the 2022 World Cup, taking part in a starring position of their surge towards the Premier League summit this time period – and what seems to be like being a 3rd straight title.
And 2022/23 has additionally seen the England star take pleasure in what have to be a very distinctive expertise: taking part in in the identical workforce as essentially the most prolific striker the Premier League has ever seen.
In an interview with MailOnline, Grealish gave some perception into his relationship with Haaland – who he assisted earlier this week to interrupt the report for many targets in a Premier League marketing campaign (35) – in addition to some key variations between the pair. The 27-year-old mentioned (opens in new tab):
“Everyone seems to be totally different, aren’t they? Take a look at Erling: he’s the perfect skilled I’ve ever seen. His mindset is one thing you received’t see once more. He does the whole lot. Recovers. Within the fitness center. Ten hours of remedy a day. Ice baths. Weight-reduction plan. That’s why he’s what he’s. However I swear I couldn’t be like that.
“We’ve got an important friendship, however he’ll level at me after a recreation and say, “Hey, don’t you exit tonight partying”. I simply inform him to close up and go and sit in his ice tub. However that’s us: two totally different individuals doing nicely in our personal approach.
“I’m not as profitable as him. He has scored extra targets this season than I’ve in my complete profession – but when he did what I sometimes did, he could be like, ‘F***ing hell, I really feel horrible as we speak’.”
Grealish’s help for Haaland in Wednesday’s 3-0 win over West Ham (opens in new tab) was his seventh within the league this season, making him Metropolis’s joint second-biggest creator behind Kevin De Bruyne.
The previous Aston Villa (opens in new tab) man has additionally discovered the online 5 instances himself, most not too long ago in final month’s 4-1 victory away to Southampton (opens in new tab).
