Pep Guardiola has told Jack Grealish to enjoy the moment if he wins his first major title on Sunday - but warned that the euphoria does not last long. The £100million record buy from Aston Villa will get a Premier League winner’s medal if Manchester City beat his former team in the season finale at the Etihad Stadium.
And that will bring instant reward for Grealish ’s decision to stop being the biggest fish in the Villa pond and fight it out with world-class talents for a place in the ultra-successful Blues team. But Guardiola, who won six league titles as a player and so far has nine as a a manager, said that he should savour the moment if City do win but then have to be prepared for the consequences.
Grealish’s career-high to date was helping Villa to the 2019 play-off final victory that saw them back into the Premier League, and Guardiola said he understood why the player might be relishing the possibility of the winning moment on Sunday more than most. He said: “I’m pretty sure, for Aston Villa he helped them be promoted - maybe that’s his biggest title and then remaining in the Premier League, second one exceptional.
