Pep slams Carsley for calling Grealish up for England squad despite him not being fit
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hit out at England interim boss Lee Carsley over Jack Grealish’s inclusion in the Three Lions’ Nations League squad against Greece and Ireland next week.
Grealish, 29, has not played since the win over Wolves on October 20. After the last international break. But Carsley said he had trained for two days and when he reports to the national team. His fitness will be assessed by the medical team.
Pep said Grealish is not ready to play against Brighton this week, with the national team also in the process. He is happy to let players go to international duty. If they are fit and have not had any problems in the past one to four weeks. As for Carsley saying Grealish is back in training. It must be understood that he has not trained once in 17 days and only trained for 20 minutes on Friday. That is true. Yes, he has been in the gym for a few minutes in the last two days. That is something that the England coach has to be questioned about and I will not be involved in.
Pep added that he had not spoken to Carsley about the issue and did not know whether the FA had discussed it with City’s medical team, but had asked Grealish about it, who said he wanted to report for duty, they would call up whoever they wanted, but Grealish had been struggling with a couple of injuries and had not been able to get back into the ยูฟ่าเบท game