WAYNE LINEKER has reached out to party animal Jack Grealish and offered him a “four-week loan transfer” to his Ibiza nightclub after he failed to make the England squad.
Wayne, the brother of Three Lions icon Gary, is the owner of Ocean Beach and has opened his doors for England & Man City legend Grealish to get over his Euros disappointment.
The offer came after a popular sports page posted on Instagram saying: “BREAKING NEWS. Jack Grealish agrees 4-week loan deal to Ocean Beach – HERE WE GO.” – with the post racking up 25,000 likes.
After The Mirror approached Lineker for comment on the proposed “transfer”, the Ibiza supremo and former Celebs Go Dating star said: “Gareth’s loss is our gain. We love hosting Jack at O Beach Ibiza, he’s a great lad!”
Grealish frequented Ocean Beach last year, as he revelled in Manchester City’s historic treble season – with the City winger and Wayne sharing snaps together on social media.
Gareth Southgate opened up yesterday on the difficult conversation he had with a “devastated” Grealish – who went on an epic month-long bender after Man City won the treble last year – after cutting him from his initial 33-man squad.
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The England boss said: “I have just delivered a really difficult conversation to a lad who is devastated. I think the world of him as a kid.
“It certainly doesn’t get any easier. You put yourself in the shoes of a player, a parent. You understand that for these players this is a devastating moment.”
England’s players were said to have reacted with surprise at Grealish’s exclusion, with one senior player said to have approached Southgate to ask for an explanation about the decision.
Grealish was determined to make the final cut for the squad after a season that saw him in and out of the City team.
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Harry Maguire
“The decision on Harry [Maguire] is totally about his physical condition and his recovery from the injury. There is no other reason as he is one of our strongest centre-backs.
“Harry has made some progress, but it’s been complicated and we wouldn’t have had him in the group stages. There were too many hurdles to get through without being clear where we might get to.
“Knowing we haven’t got a clean bill of health across the rest of the backline, we need players who are fit and ready to go from the start.
“It was a really difficult call, you know how I feel about Harry, what he’s done for England and for me as a manager. “
Jack Grealish
“I have just delivered a really difficult conversation to a lad who is devastated.
“I think the world of him as a kid.“It certainly doesn’t get any easier.
“You put yourself in the shoes of a player, a parent. You understand that for these players this is a devastating moment.
“We knew we had a couple of really difficult days coming up.”
James Maddison
“Madders [Maddison] and Jack [Grealish] would have provided us with something different as well and they’ve been tough calls.
“They’re calls we’ve gone over and over and over as a group of staff to try to be fair and to try to use the right rationale.
“We back our decisions but we recognise we could have gone a different route. The boys are big characters, fabulous team-mates and great boys to work with.
“It’s sad to have to deliver that news to them.”
Jarrad Branthwaite
“It’s a bit early for Jarrad [Branthwaite]. He has had a fabulous season, it was good to get him on the pitch the other night.
“But of course, in an ideal world, you’d like that balance of left-footers. For him to be in ahead of the others, I don’t think it would have been the right call at this stage.”
Jarell Quansah
“Jarell Quansah has stayed with us. He’s not had the experience of an England international at Wembley. It’ll be great for him to be us for the game.
“Hopefully we’re not needing to call anyone else in.”
Last month he even cut short his post-season summer holiday with girlfriend Sasha Atwood as he tried to get to fully fit for England’s tournament in Germany.
He has earned 36 caps for England, and appeared at both the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2020 for the Three Lions.
His most recent appearance for England came on Monday as a substitute against Bosnia.
Grealish’s surprise exclusion was revealed yesterday ahead of Southgate’s official squad announcement, which also saw Harry Maguire miss out with a calf injury.
The two stars are joined by James Maddison, Curtis Jones, James Trafford, Jarrel Quansah and Jarrad Branthwaite in missing out.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
