Talksport pundit Simon Jordan has branded Jack Grealish a 'moron' after the Manchester City midfielder aimed an unnecessary jibe at Newcastle United's Miguel Almiron.
During City's Monday night Premier League title parade, Grealish said "Riyad [Mahrez], take him off the pitch, as soon as possible. He played like Almiron," suggesting that team-mate Riyad Mahrez had played poorly.
The insinuation seemed to be that Mahrez's poor performance was a performance Almiron produces on the regular for Newcastle, which provoked criticism.
Almiron has recently enjoyed a strong run of form for Newcastle, playing a major role in helping the Magpies secure their Premier League survival with nearly a month to spare.
His goal against Crystal Palace saw him win the Premier League's Goal of the Month Award for April, an accolade which neither Mahrez or Grealish can claim to have won.
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And talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan believes Grealish was out of line to take a shot at Almiron, calling it arrogant.
"The bottom line is it takes Jack Grealish back to where he belongs in moron territory engaging his mouth before he engages his brain," said Jordan on talkSPORT.
"There’s no problem with him having banter with his teammates that’s absolutely fine, if someone was to say he was taking the mickey out of Riyad Mahrez you’d say it was banter, they’ve got that rapport. If you take it out another domain and you pick another player, single him out and ridicule him because you think you’re in a position to do so, where’s that going to end?
"Someone somewhere is going to say by the way, who are you? What gives you the right to make that comparison? Why would you want to do it? Where does your arrogance stop and intelligence begin? I’m sure he meant it tongue-in-cheek but why pick on an individual player?
"Obviously in the back of his mind, he thinks that player probably is not good and that’s his prerogative but why does he need to do that to that particular player when Man City are talking about their success? Why does he think he is on a platform where he can look down on that player?
"Jack Grealish is a talented player, he’s a long way from being a £100m player and he’s incredibly fortuitous to be playing for a club like Man City that’s enabled him to win a Premier League because I don’t think his contribution has taken Man City to that Premier League, I think he’s a bit part player, so he would’ve been better served saying take me off the pitch more. It’s a lack of awareness."
