MANCHESTER CITY target Jack Grealish has given a clear hint his future lies away from Aston Villa after revealing he’s desperate to win the Champions League.
The Premier League champions are close to landing the England midfielder in a £100million deal.
Grealish’s admission will send a chill through Villa, who are considering offering him a new deal in a bid to keep him.
The 25-year-old said: “My ultimate goal? It’s got to be a trophy hasn’t it. I want to win either the Champions League or a major trophy with England, the Euros or the World Cup.
“Obviously, the World Cup would be iconic wouldn’t it? But I think the Euros is just as good. And then at club level, to win a Champions League.
“My best mate here, Chilly, has come off the back of winning. But yeah, I’ve got to say one of them – winning the Champions League or winning the World Cup or the Euros. So fingers crossed.”
Villa remain determined to try and build their future around Grealish and say they have begun talks over a new contract to keep him at the club.
But Man City boss Pep Guardiola would love to bring the playmaker to the Etihad and the champions are thought to be ready to make a formal offer once the Euros have finished.
In the meantime, Grealish is hoping his performance against Czech Republic on Tuesday will be enough to see him get the nod to play Germany in the last-16.
And the Villa star has revealed how arch-nemesis Vladimir Coufal played a key role in him producing his run and cross which set up Raheem Sterling’s winning goal.
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Coufal and Grealish developed a big rivalry over two games between Villa and West Ham last season, and the Three Lions ace said: “As I’ve received the ball, I faced someone up, and then Coufal was behind.
“I’ve played against Coufal a few times this season, and he actually done well against me in the second game.
“As I first received the ball, he said ‘right foot’ to the guy. He’s obviously thought I’m going to come in on my right, or try and shoot, which I probably would have.
“So as he said that I thought ‘nah, I’m going to go down the line and just stand it off in the back post and know how hopefully someone’s there’.
“It was one of them you know that if you put it in the right areas you’d expect someone to finish it and that’s what happened.
“It was the perfect start, that’s what I wanted to do, I wanted to go out there and just impact on the game, whether that be a goal or an assist.
“That’s what I’m paid to do you know so obviously got the assist early on – I still think I could have added a little bit more, got involved in the game a little bit more, but hopefully I done myself justice.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
