FM 2014 Wonderkids To Watch — Jack Grealish

Jack Grealish

Club: Aston Villa

Position: AMC

Age: 17

Nationality: Irish / English

Jack Grealish is probably one of the most exciting talents in England, a skillful attacking midfielder that has shown great stuff at a very young age.  At the age of 16 he was named on the bench for Aston Villa in their Premier League game against Chelsea in March. His talent made the club offer him a professional contract and he signed it, the deal is valid until 2015. The boy can play on the left flank but it seems his preferred role is behind the strikers.

Grealish was born in England but has chosen to play for the Republic of Ireland at junior level. His talent will probably determine the English Football Association to act and persuade him to play for England. Check out some of his skills in the video below (rather poor quality video but should give you an idea of his talent):

Jack Grealish stats

Aston Villa Under 21 > Appearances: 25 / Goals: 2

Ireland Under 21 > Appearances: 1 / Goals: 0

Ireland Under 18 > Appearances: 2 / Goals: 0

What should we expect from this FM 2014 wonderkid? He surely has the skills to be an excellent attacking midfielder, probably an «enganche» since we will have that role available in Football Manager 2014. But given the fact he’s just 17 years old I guess you could teach him quite a few roles before relying on him for the first team. I don’t think Aston Villa would be happy to let him go though, expect a pretty high asking price.

By the way, FM 2014 was announced and you can pre-order the game from us to get access to the beta version two weeks before the full game release.