If it wasn't clear before, Jack Grealish has done the work to prove it beyond doubt: eating 16 scoops of ice cream is not ideal preparation for carrying out Pep Guardiola's instructions on a football pitch.
Manchester City's £100m man elaborated brilliantly this week on what was already a pretty good tale of him using his break after the World Cup to imitate the Home Alone movie in New York. Another holiday for Grealish that has earned him plenty of headlines.
However rough he felt when he came on for the Carabao Cup game against Liverpool in late December, behind the jokes from anecdotes from Grealish is the evidence of the last three months that is talked about much less. Where others - both at City and elsewhere - have struggled for form and fitness after Qatar, the former Villa star has done the work to turn him into one of Guardiola's most important players.
