Liverpool great Fowler: Grealish can't be ball-hog at Man City | OneFootball

Liverpool great Robbie Fowler says Jack Grealish must change his game to succeed with Manchester City.

Fowler wrote for the Mirror: "There's a simple reason why Manchester City have spent £100million on Jack Grealish – his class on the ball.

"I've known since he embarrassed Liverpool in the 2015 FA Cup semi-final that he has an astonishing ability to ­unlock defences, a rare quality which commands a massive premium.

"But in the best possible way I think Pep Guardiola will coach some of that out of him – purely because he'll want Jack to move the ball quicker than he did at Aston Villa.

"I reckon that will excite Gareth ­Southgate too, because it could add an extra dimension to England.

"If City have had a weakness – and we certainly saw it in the Champions League Final – it is sometimes being too pedestrian in the build-up.

"Jack has that ability to draw two or three players in, and his instinct then is to try to beat them.

"That is one of the things ­Guardiola will have identified in recruiting him... but he'll want something subtly different.

"Undoubtedly, Pep will be drilling into him the idea that when he draws two or three players in, then two of them are out of ­position... and a quick ball can exploit that space. There is too much class surrounding Jack at City for him to get the ball and keep it all ­afternoon. If he tries that, he'll be put straight in no uncertain terms."