
The Football Faithful
·7 June 2025
Thomas Tuchel sends clear message to Jack Grealish over England future

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·7 June 2025
England boss Thomas Tuchel has suggested that Jack Grealish needs to leave Manchester City in order to get more gametime.
The winger was left out of the Three Lions squad for Saturday’s Fifa Men’s World Cup qualifier in Andorra and the international friendly against Senegal next week.
Grealish made just seven starts in the Premier League last season and it’s been reported that Pep Guardiola will exclude him entirely from the team when they travel to the US for the Fifa Club World Cup later this month.
Tuchel expressed his adoration of the player in his pre-match press conference, but says he cannot select Grealish for the national team until he’s playing more often.
“Very easy. My thoughts are still the same. I love Jack. I love his personality and, of course, his talent. He is a very unique player who can handle big pressure on the field. He’s never shy of pressure.
“And the opposite – I think he grows in big matches. But he is a player that needs minutes, minutes and minutes. And he simply does not get them since a very, very long time. Nothing has changed.
“I have maybe the same information than you, that City is even thinking not to take him to the Club World Cup. So he needs to make himself available by playing.
“Because I think this is one of his key strengths, to go every three days and to get better and better and better with every minute that he has in his legs. And that’s just missing, nothing else.”