
Pep Guardiola has refuted suggestions that Jack Grealish’s absence from Manchester City’s FIFA Club World Cup squad has anything to do with the player’s behaviour or application.
Grealish started just seven Premier League games in 2024–25—and only once in the second half of the season—having fallen horribly out of favour. His name was then the most prominent left off City’s 27-player list submitted for the Club World Cup.