Some Aston Villa fans have taken to Twitter to comment on Gareth Southgate’s treatment of Jack Grealish.
The former Villans player only called the play-maker into his squad after withdrawals from Marcus Rashford and Harry Winks. That was despite Grealish having a brilliant campaign in which he scored eight goals and assisted a further six.
Also, nobody other than Kevin De Bruyne created more league chances last season than the Villa academy graduate’s tally of 91. Bear in mind the Belgium international is one of Europe’s best players and that is quite the statistic.
In England’s Nations League outings against Iceland and Denmark, Southgate handed Grealish just 14 minutes – all of which came in the latter fixture.
Unsurprising – as far as the Villa Park faithful are concerned, perhaps – the 24-year-old created more chances than Jadon Sancho, Harry Kane, Kalvin Phillips and Declan Rice combined during his brief cameo.
It is quite baffling to see Southgate so reluctant to hand more game time to arguably the nation’s most creative outlet.
Seeing as the Three Lions could only scrape a 1-0 win over Iceland before Tuesday’s stalemate against Denmark, the ex-Villa defender’s choices are hardly being justified.
This is how some Villa fans on Twitter reacted to seeing Grealish among the substitutes once again:
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