Jack Grealish's problem

Apparently, Man City are yet to receive any bids for Jack Grealish, and I suspect that few fans will be surprised by that.

It's not that he's a bad player. He's clearly exceptionally talented. However, Grealish's problem is that when he was at Villa he was an excellent counter-attacking player, but Man City don't do much counter-attacking. They generally dominate play in the opposition's half.

So for Grealish to be able to play to his strengths, he would need to go to a counter-attacking side, and counter-attacking sides are generally struggling sides or mid-table at best. That creates two problems; Jack is hardly likely to want to leave Man City to go to a struggling side, and secondly, struggling sides wouldn't be able to afford his wages anyway.

So perhaps the most likely scenario is that Jack will either remain at Man City and warm their bench next season, or Man City will agree a loan deal with another top half of the table club where they end up paying half his wages, and he once again doesn't get to play to his strengths.

Reality check for Man City haters

First of all, I'm not a Man City fan. I'm enjoying them having a poor season by their usual standards.

However, whatever your personal feelings about Man City, you have to live in the real world, and I've noticed that many Man City haters are convinced that when the case involving 115 charges is decided, Man City are going to be demoted four divisions (or worse).

So let's consider how likely that scenario is...

i) Premier League clubs, as part of their contract to play in the Premier League, are blocked from taking legal action against the FA. (They can only go to independent arbitration).

ii) This restriction doesn't apply to non-Premier League clubs, i.e. non-Premier League clubs can bring legal action against the FA (and their bosses).

Given the above, how likely do you think it is that the FA will relegate Man City, thus putting themselves at risk of prosecution?