Where next for Grealish if he leaves Man City as expected?

"It's a dream travel existent to beryllium portion of this club," Jack Grealish said successful his first question and reply aft joining Manchester City successful 2021.

City paid a British transportation grounds interest of £100m to motion nan England midfielder from Aston Villa.

Since past Grealish has go a three-time Premier League winner, playing a cardinal domiciled successful City winning nan Treble successful his 2nd play astatine nan club.

However, complete nan past 2 years nan 29-year-old's acquisition successful Manchester has been much of a nightmare.

A substance of injuries and sub-par performances person constricted Grealish to only 17 Premier League starts successful 2 seasons, pinch nan deficiency of minutes besides costing him a spot successful England's Euro 2024 squad.

As dethroned champions City played retired their worst play nether Pep Guardiola, which saw them struggle into a Champions League spot, Grealish was an unused substitute connected 10 occasions during nan 2nd half of nan campaign.

Now, 24 months aft celebrating nan Treble, he is group to time off City.

Grealish's early astatine City is an rumor that has ne'er really gone distant since a mixed debut season.

While his 2nd play somewhat silenced nan critics, successful his 3rd he looked a protector of himself.

Grealish's 4th run ended pinch him being left retired of City's matchday squad for their final, must-win Premier League game.

The signing of midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, and City being linked pinch playmaker Rayan Cherki, propose Grealish's clip is up.

And nan England world is expected to beryllium left retired of City's squad for nan Fifa Club World Cup successful nan United States later this month.

It should beryllium noted Guardiola and nan City committee still love Grealish, arsenic overmuch for his cognition and fame wrong nan squad, arsenic his value connected nan pitch.

But location is now a statement that this is nan correct clip to move on, peculiarly fixed Guardiola has said he wants a smaller squad adjacent term.

Grealish is successful agreement. After a difficult play connected and disconnected nan field, he believes it would beryllium champion for him to attraction connected his early and find a caller club.

That raises nan mobility of wherever Grealish - who has 2 years remaining connected his statement - could spell next.

The subordinate is unfastened to each options, though of people he has preferences.

Grealish wants a cleanable break and a imperishable caller location - alternatively than a indebtedness move, a way taken by nan likes of Manchester United duo Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho past season.

City would punishment a loan, though they'd for illustration to waste successful bid to get Grealish's wages disconnected nan books and recoup portion of nan £100m interest they shelled out. They judge they will get obscurity adjacent what they paid for him.

Grealish would of people beryllium unfastened to staying successful nan Premier League, pinch Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle, Everton and erstwhile nine Villa each linked pinch him.

He wants to support playing astatine nan highest level possible, ideally successful nan Champions League, which Newcastle and Spurs tin supply adjacent season.

Grealish besides wouldn't norm retired a move to nan continent - Barcelona, AC Milan and Napoli person each been mentioned, though nan former's first liking has now waned. Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan would look imaginable options too.

The past edifice would beryllium a move to Saudi Arabia. Such a move would lead to galore suggesting his profession is connected nan diminution and questioning his England future. That said, Al-Ahli striker Ivan Toney received a callback from England head Thomas Tuchel past month.

With City and Grealish connected nan aforesaid page regarding a departure, that leaves finances arsenic nan main obstacle. There is going to beryllium request for compromise.

Grealish is reported to gain £300,000 per week astatine City, a fig fewer clubs successful world shot could match.

Manchester United and Liverpool are arguably nan 2 Premier League clubs that could, but neither are willing successful nan 29-year-old.

Grealish is contracted astatine Manchester City until 2027 but could a financial statement beryllium decided betwixt nan 2 to pave nan measurement for an exit?

Even if Grealish took a important salary cut, a imperishable return to boyhood nine Villa is unlikely.

Villa person nan biggest costs rumor successful nan convention - successful 2024 their wage to gross ratio was 91% - and are focused connected reducing their costs measure complete nan summer, not expanding it, having missed retired connected Champions League football.

Then location is nan mobility of whether aliases not he is nan type of subordinate wanted by Villa leader Unai Emery, contempt being a erstwhile favourite of nan Villa fans.

Newcastle would astir apt beryllium nan champion stake successful position of costs capacity - a trim would still beryllium basal - though they don't person a immense magnitude of profit and sustainability rules (PSR) headroom to play pinch successful position of a transportation fee.

Spurs person agelong been linked pinch Grealish, but their summertime outlay could beryllium shackled by nan much than £330m successful unpaid transportation fees they owe, a sizeable information of which are owed this summer.

Everton, again, would beryllium incapable to lucifer Grealish's existent wages.

Barcelona's liking has evaporated because of their financial issues and attraction connected different areas of recruitment, while it would beryllium a agelong for AC Milan and Napoli - nan second are expected to motion Grealish's erstwhile City team-mate Kevin de Bruyne connected a free transportation - to meet his costs demands.

That brings america backmost to nan indebtedness script - not perfect for either party, but perchance nan astir apt option. This would apt impact City subsidising a important portion of his wages, aliases a important indebtedness interest being paid, opening up nan imaginable for those mentioned supra to get a woody complete nan line.

If City decided to return a monolithic deed connected nan £100m they paid for Grealish 4 years ago, past possibly a suitor could spend to salary him a ample sign-on interest to compensate for a driblet successful his wages.

If Grealish wants to support his existent net - aliases moreover summation it - past possibly Saudi Arabia is nan only option.

All parties request to discuss to make a summertime move happen, and bring an extremity to Grealish's mixed City story. One point is for judge - it's complicated.