Gabriel Agbonlahor sensationally compared Aston Villa star Jack Grealish to a prime Andres Iniesta.
talkSPORT’s newest pundit may be a little bit biased being a lifelong Villa fan and having played for the club for his entire career.
Grealish is undoubtedly talented but the comparison to the Barcelona legend raised a few eyebrows.
The midfielder, who also grew up supporting Aston Villa, committed his long-term future to the club when he signed a new contract on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old had been linked with Manchester United, and admitted it was a 50-50 decision whether to stay or go, before deciding to put pen to paper.
Agbonlahor was raving about the abilities of Grealish on talkSPORTās Breakfast on Wednesday morning.
āIāve played with some great players but for natural ability Iāve got to say Jack Grealish [is the best],ā Agbonlahor said.
āI know that will upset a few players Iāve played with but for me Iāve seen nothing like him. Even in training.
āThe quickest players, the best defenders, he will run past you like youāre not there.
“The amount of times Iāve tried to tackle him and in training Iāve played centre back for a bit of banter and canāt get anywhere near the boy. So I ended up kicking him and putting him on the floor. Itās just that natural talent heās got.
āItās the movement of the body and heās gone. A little bit of acceleration when heās running with the ball and heās gone.
āHe reminds me a bit of, I know itās a big statement, (Andres) Iniesta in his prime. Heās just skipping past you and running past you. Thatās Jack for you.ā
talkSPORT pundit Jamie OāHara was having none of it and replied pretty quickly on social media.
He said: āSomeone stop this man, Gabby you need a temperature check pal.”
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By: Joshua
Title: Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish compared to Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta in his prime
Sourced From: talksport.com/football/760495/aston-villa-jack-grealish-barcelona-andres-iniesta-gabriel-agbonlahor/
Published Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:36:52 +0000
