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JACK GREALISH has been filmed enjoying a boozy night out in the hours after Aston Villa’s 4-0 defeat by Everton and partying in a hotel room the next day. The young midfielder, who opted to play for England ahead of the Republic of Ireland back in September, was among friends who appear to be inhaling ‘hippy crack’ from balloons.
Grealish is said to have gone to Manchester nightclub Panacea after playing 74 minutes of the match at
Goodison Park on Saturday. He then travelled home to Birmingham and hosted a gathering involving two blonde women at the Malmaison in the city centre.
Footage shows Grealish, 20, singing into the camera in enthusiastic manner at Panacea before champagne bottles and sparklers arrive at the table.
A friend then inhales what seems to be nitrous oxide — known as hippy crack — from a balloon. There is no suggestion that Grealish was inhaling from balloons or in any other way and he trained yesterday
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Friends DJ Russke and Callum Robinson, the 20-year-old Villa forward on loan at Bristol City, partied with him.
Grealish, the most talented player to emerge from Villa’s academy in years, shot to fame during the FA Cup semi-final win over Liverpool with a dazzling performance.
He then played a key role in Villa’s successful fight against relegation and was the subject of an international tug-of-war between England and Ireland whom he represented at several underage levels.
Grealish, who turned down a call- up to Martin O’Neill’s squad for a friendly against England in the summer, opted to pledge his future to the country of his birth but has not yet gained clearance to feature in Roy Hodgson’s squad.
Grealish was reprimanded by Villa last summer after being pictured apparently passed out on a street while on holiday in Tenerife.
Grealish has also been asso- ciated with ‘ hippy crack’ before. In April, a photograph obtained by The Sun appeared to show him inhaling from a white balloon believed to be filled with nitrous oxide — commonly known as laughing gas.
Ray Wilkins advised Grealish to ‘live like a monk’ while his then Villa boss Tim Sherwood said: ‘I’ve had a word with him, he knows it’s got to stop. He’s got to knuckle down.
‘We all did it. You can’t live a normal life unfortunately. You’re in the public eye. You’re an example.’
Last week Villa manager Remi Garde said: ‘ Jack is a very gifted player with a lot of skill and quality, but in the last few games he was not at the level he should have been.’
Garde added that Grealish had responded well in training. ‘He is a guy who is always smiling and is a nice person. I don’t have a problem with Jack.’