Jack Grealish 'open' to leaving Man City for Premier League rivals | OneFootball

Jack Grealish would be prepared to end his Manchester City career to join Carabao Cup winners Newcastle United, a new report has claimed.

The 29-year-old became the most expensive Englishman in history in 2021 when he joined City from Aston Villa for £100m – a figure that also constituted a record fee for a British club at the time.

Grealish admitted that his first season as a City player – which yielded a Premier League title (the first major honour of his career) – was "much more difficult" than he imagined it would be, but he put that individual disappointment behind him to become a key figure in the 2022/23 campaign.

City won the Champions League, in addition to winning the Premier League title for a second year in a row, and Grealish played 50 games across all competitions having earned the trust of Pep Guardiola.

But instead of pushing on to greater individual heights at City, Grealish's career has stalled somewhat. A regular on the substitutes bench in 2025, he has regularly been challenged by Guardiola to "compete" and "prove" that he deserves minutes ahead of the likes of Savinho and Jeremy Doku.

Chronicle Live report that Grealish's representatives see playing for Newcastle under Eddie Howe as the ideal opportunity to reignite his career, with a return to regular action potentially leading to an England recall for the 2026 World Cup that will be staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Pep Guardiola hasn't afforded Jack Grealish many starting opportunities / Molly Darlington/Copa/GettyImages

Grealish was left out of Thomas Tuchel's first 26-player squad for the upcoming qualifiers against Albania and Latvia, having played just 600 minutes of Premier League football this season – the equivalent of just six full matches and an additional hour. Just 34 of those minutes have come in 2025, with Grealish an unused substitute in six matches.

The minutes Grealish has been afforded have been spread across 16 appearances, with a solitary assist all he has to show for his efforts. Grealish did score in the Champions League against PSG, but City ended up throwing away a good position to crash to a 4-2 defeat in the French capital.

While Grealish's stock is falling, Newcastle's is rising after they ended a 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy. Goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak helped down Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup final, earning a guaranteed place in European competition for a side that could still qualify for the Champions League.

Grealish would face strong competition for places if he moves to Tyneside – like he does in Manchester – with Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes both impressive options in the Birmingham-born playmaker's preferred left wing position.