Kevin De Bruyne joked about burning a Manchester United shirt that was ‘gifted’ to him by a podcast host.
21.09.2022 - 12:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Jack Grealish says he agrees with Manchester City teammate Kevin De Bruyne 'a little bit' that he is unfairly targeted for his actions on and off the pitch because he is English.
Grealish's form has come under plenty of scrutiny in the year since his £100m move from Aston Villa last year, and his activities on holiday were the subject of many critical front pages over the summer. He has started this season in better form for City, although his lack of goals and assists - he scored his first goal of the season at Wolves on Saturday - has invited more predictable criticism this season.
And De Bruyne said after that Wolves game that players of other nationalities don't get the same level of scrutiny as his English colleagues, with Grealish responding to those comments on Tuesday.
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De Bruyne had said: "Outside of football, the focus is more on them [English players]. I understand because they are English and people tend to look more what is happening. I feel like foreign players, for instance if you have a night out, we don’t really get checked that often.
“Whereas I feel if an English player goes out, it is always in the media somewhere. I think people are taking this on board also. What he does in his private life he does, nobody should care, but people do."
Speaking from the England camp ahead of their Nations League fixtures with Italy and Germany, Grealish was asked about the comments and immediately threw the question back to the reporters, saying: “I’ll ask you, do you [think I'm unfairly targeted]? I don’t know – I want to be friends with you all! I can obviously see where he’s coming from a little bit. But I think that’s just the way it is in
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