Jack Grealish misses Man City visit despite returning to training

Manchester City Returned to pre-season training last week and midfielder Jack Grealish was among the players who reported for duty.

But there is no hope of seeing the 30-year-old Dunning immediately the city The shirt was dashed once more on Tuesday night when he missed out on a plane seat for the club’s tour of Hong Kong and Seoul over the next 11 days.

Sources said Grealish is recovering from a season-ending foot injury sustained during a loan spell in January. EvertonWhere he started to regain his best form and it is too early to predict what the future may hold.

Injuries not only ended his time at the Hill Dickinson Stadium but also the shout out of the World Cup for England.

Seemingly shunned by former boss Pep Guardiola, Grealish now finds himself back at City as he enters the final 12 months of his contract with little sign of new terms being offered on his reported £300,000-a-week wages.

the former Aston Villa The captain turns 31 in September and the key question is whether new boss Enzo Maresca will reintegrate him into the first-team set-up or be happy to sanction a move that will see his time at the Etihad Stadium end.

italian The door is left open Last week, said: “At this point, he’s here. He’s a Manchester City Player I always say the same thing. Any club I join, I want to know if the club has any players.

“It’s my duty to try to coach them. Jack is here. I’ve had a good relationship with Jack since I left. Also, we keep in touch, and that’s because he has a big heart and he’s a very good guy. So that’s the reason and then we’ll see what happens.”

Maresca, however, will be concerned by the apparent image of Grealish being pictured drinking on two afternoons in the past three months.

He was the face of City’s celebrations after they won the treble in 2023 but rejected claims to be a “party boy”, saying he was “enjoying himself”.

Repeated images that look worse for wear will not help the cause and may exclude any potential suit.

Grealish has not kicked the football in competitive action since the turn of the year, when compatriot Calvin Phillips returned to the club after an unsuccessful loan spell at Sheffield United in the Championship last season.

Still only 30, Phillips’ career has nosedived since joining City Leeds 2022, has played just seven minutes of EFL Cup action for the club in the past two seasons.

After seemingly being left out of the tour squad, City appear to be open to offers for the player this summer.

The club have taken an unfamiliar-looking squad of 28 players for their three friendlies around the world, with Erling Haaland, new signings Elliott Andersson, Ryan Cherky and Nico O’Reilly enjoying the day off after their exploits at the World Cup.

Italy goalkeepers Gianluigi Donnarumma, Phil Foden, Josco Guardiol and Antoine Semené also provide experience to a group of players with a number of elite development squads and opportunities to seize.

City face Serie A champions Inter Milan in Maresca’s first game in charge on Saturday, followed by matches against K-League All Stars and Atletico Madrid in Seoul next week.

As a new dawn dawns for City in the Far East, Grealish will hopefully watch the sun set on his Blues career.