Man City set low asking price for Jack Grealish with four Premier League clubs interested

Manchester City are willing to let Jack Grealish leave for £40m (Getty)

Manchester City are prepared to sell Jack Grealish for a £40 million fee in the summer transfer window, according to reports.

The 29-year-old has fallen out of favour at City and is not expected to be included in Pep Guardiola’s squad for their Club World Cup campaign this month.

Grealish’s status at City became clear towards the end of the season after he was left on the bench for the 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final, while Guardiola sent on 19-year-old Claudio Echeverri for his debut in the second half instead of his £100m signing.

The England international was also left out of City’s squad entirely for their 2-0 win away to Fulham on the final day of the Premier League season.

The Sun reports that City have told Grealish to find a new club and are willing to take a £60m loss on the midfielder.

The report adds that Grealish’s representatives are ‘actively searching for a new club’.

Pep Guardiola left Jack Grealish on the bench for the FA Cup final (Reuters)

Grealish has plenty of interest from the Premier League with his former club Aston Villa in the running alongside Newcastle United, West Ham and Everton.

The midfielder still has two years remaining on his contract with City which is worth £300,000 a week.

On Thursday, Grealish hit back at criticism on social media after a user had supported Guardiola’s decision to drop him from City’s squad.

In response to a post from talkSPORT which claimed that former Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor is ‘not happy’ with Guardiola for how he has treated Grealish, the City midfielder wrote: ‘What u want me to do score a [hat-trick] in 20 [minutes]?’

Jack Grealish hit back at criticism of his performances on Instagram (Instagram)

Another comment about Grealish’s form read: ‘Dude, Jack has been bad lately and I’m not surprised Pep did that.’

To which Grealish replied: ‘Haha, I’ve been bad lately? Score 3 goals in my last 3 appearances over 45 mins but okie dokie love x’.

When asked about his decision to leave Grealish out of City’s squad for their final Premier League game against Fulham, Guardiola said: ‘It was selection.

‘The last two months, month and a half there were five or six players at home every time and this time I decided for these guys. No more than that.

‘Of course Jack has to play. He’s an unbelievable player that has to play football every three days. It didn’t happen this season and last season either.

‘He needs to do it. With us or another place. It’s a question for Jack, his agent and the club.’

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