Aston Villa star Jack Grealish admits struggling with transition to fame
Promising starlet Jack Grealish has admitted he found fame difficult to deal with after breaking into the Villa first team.
The 21-year-old made his senior bow in May 2014 but has hit the headlines since as much for his antics off the field as on it.
He was pictured passed out on holiday in Tenerife in June 2015, before a film emerged of him on a boozy night out in Manchester just hours after Villa were thrashed 4-0 by Everton last November.
Grealish has also had to contend with the focus surrounding his international future, with both the Irish FA and English FA keen for the youngster to commit his future to their respective teams.
"I struggled with the limelight," Grealish told talkSPORT. "Things changed and I started playing for Villa regularly, then there was the England/Ireland situation. I just struggled to deal with that.
"Some things happened in the past and I put it down to myself – I've been a bit young and a bit inexperienced in the game.
"I didn't really know what it was going to be like. Obviously about a year ago I broke through at Villa and I found it difficult to deal with to be honest. I thought I'd just be the same normal Jack, but it wasn't really the case.
"But I've had some good advice from people, I've grown up a lot and now I just really want to concentrate on my football. I've got the perfect manager for me here at the club at the moment, I've got the right people around me now, so hopefully I can carry on and do that and just let the football do the talking from now on.
