'They're only like 250kg!' - Jack Grealish weighs in on '100 humans vs one gorilla' debate as Man City star backs Erling Haaland, Ruben Dias & Phil Foden to do the business

Debate regarding who would emerge victorious in such a scrap has gone viral on social media. Opinion is divided when it comes to a tussle between a large group of humans and one powerful beast from the animal kingdom.

Many have sided with the gorilla, suggesting that the brute force and physical strength of a silverback jungle king would be too much for a team of human men to handle. Grealish, though, is having none of that.

The England international believes that 25 men could be enough to claim victory, with the Manchester City forward of the opinion that team-mates Erling Haaland, Ruben Dias and Phil Foden would help to secure a notable win if a real life Planet of the Apes battle ever broke out.

Grealish told Sports Direct when asked for his take on the lively discussion: "100 men for sure. It’s been a big debate isn’t it? People speak about it at training and stuff. I think 100 men, easy! I typed it in, they only weigh like 250kg, that’s like two Tyson Furys. So it’s not even that much."

Grealish added when asked when he would join the fight and who he would like to have alongside him: "I’d be later on. I ain’t being one of the first 10. Like the first 10 just take a hit don’t they for the team. But then after that I actually reckon 50 men will beat a gorilla.

"Obviously you got to have decent sized lads to go in there. I’d take Erling, Scott Carson, Ruben Dias. If we all went in then, yeah, I reckon even 50 men will beat the gorilla - 25 of us, I reckon.

"You put one gorilla in a changing room, I reckon we’d do him. I swear. I’m not even bantering. You just throw the younger lads in first, Phil and Rico [Lewis] and then all the big dogs going in later."

The next match up facing Grealish and Co is an FA Cup final date with Crystal Palace. City will be back at Wembley Stadium on Saturday as they seek to ensure that one piece of major silverware is secured in 2024-25.