Jack Grealish and Miguel Almiron have been back in the headlines after the England man sent an apology to the £20m Newcastle star, but what happened between the pair?
What did Grealish say about Almiron?
Well, after Manchester City won the Premier League title with a thrilling 3-2 win over Aston Villa on the final day, Grealish poked fun at the poor performance of Riyad Mahrez by comparing him to Almiron.
In footage posted during Manchester City’s title celebrations, the £100m man – visibly drunk, not just on euphoria – said: “Riyad, take him off the pitch as soon as possible. He played like Almiron.”
The comment from Grealish has since lit a fire inside the Paraguay international, as he embarks on the best spell of his career to date.
Almiron has remarkably scored eight goals in 15 Premier League appearances so far this season, while also providing one assist as he was named Player of the Month for October.
The Chronicle grabbed a chat with the Newcastle No.24 a few weeks ago to ask what he thought of the brutal remark from Grealish, and he responded admirably.
Almiron said: “Would I shake his hand the next time we line up to play Man City? Yes. Yes, I would. Of course, I’d shake hands with him. Like I have said and as I keep on insisting to people, Jack Grealish is a great player and I just wish him all the best.”
Sheer class from the 28-year-old, to say the least.
Jack Grealish sends apology to Miguel Almiron
Grealish has now addressed his comments in an interview.
As quoted by the Evening Standard, the 27-year-old said: “Sometimes I do stupid stuff, that was one. I regret that. I swear, I’m actually buzzing the way he’s reacted. He said something about me in the interview the other day, he wished me the best. I thought, ‘what a guy man’ because if that was me and somebody had said that about me, I’d have probably been the other way.
“I messaged Matt Targett (Almiron’s Newcastle teammate) because I’m close with him from Villa and I said to him ‘can you message him for me and say to him that I apologise, I obviously didn’t mean it’. When I look back on that, that was just one thing that was stupid of me to say it. I shouldn’t have said it.”
By the sounds of it, the situation is water under the bridge between the pair, which is nice to see.
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