- Grealish famed for tiny shin pads
- New footage emerges of Man City dressing room
- Shin pads resemble bar of soap
Getty Is that a bar of soap?! Jack Grealish's tiny shin pads shown in rare footage as Man City star’s dressing room set-up revealed
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(C)Getty ImagesWHAT HAPPENED?
Grealish is usually one of the most recognisable players on the pitch, owing to his iconic choice of rolled down socks aided by a pair of minuscule shin pads. Despite them being a staple of his on-pitch look, those items are rarely seen - until recent footage of City's dressing room revealed all. Grealish's shin pads resemble a bar of soap and have a hand-written 'JG-10' scribbled over them.
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Getty ImagesWHAT GREALISH SAID
The England international explained back in 2021 his decision for the shrunken shin protectors, owing to superstitition rather than an emulation of Manchester United legend George Best. "Obviously your socks are supposed to go above your calves," he said. "But one year when I was here [at Aston Villa], the socks once shrunk in the wash. So they wouldn’t go higher. That season, I ended up playing really well. So it became a superstitious thing for me. I thought ‘I’m going to keep doing this because I’ve done well’."
"A lot of people say that it’s because of George Best," he added. "While I love him and admire so much what he did, that isn’t the reason."
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Getty ImagesWHAT NEXT FOR GREALISH?
Grealish will hope to make an impact off the bench and help his side maintain their quest for a second successive treble. Standing in their way are Eddie Howe's Newcastle, whose midfielder Bruno Guimaraes may use Saturday's game as a trial before his potential move to City in the summer.
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