Man City star speaks on how Sheffield United striker gave him ‘the worst pain ever’

Manchester City’s Jack Grealish has spoken on how he felt ‘the worst pain ever’ after a challenge from Sheffield United’s Oli McBurnie earlier in the season.

While Grealish only suffered a dead leg from the collision, he said that it rendered him ‘unable to walk’. He continued on, saying he could not even ‘bend his leg’ during his recovery.

The former Aston Villa man completed the rest of the game in which he sustained the injury, setting up Erling Haaland’s opener - however, after this, he was out of action for almost a month.

What did Jack Grealish say regarding the injury?

On the injury, Grealish said [via The Star]: “You might all laugh at me now, but it was only a dead leg. But it was the worst dead leg I have had in my life. I genuinely could not walk. I was on crutches for a few days after the game and I swear I could not even explain this pain.

“I could not bend my leg. Usually, when you have a groin or a hamstring injury, you can go and do a bike session. But I could not bend my leg to get on the bike. For three and a half weeks I could not do one cardiovascular session, so I felt quite unfit, not doing enough – just icing it and getting treatment. So the last couple of weeks I have still been trying to work my way back to full fitness.

“Our doc at City, who has worked at AC Milan and everything, he said ‘that’s the worst dead leg I’ve ever seen, by a mile’. And it wasn’t even bad, the tackle. It was Oli McBurnie against Sheffield United.

“When I was on the coach, I was like: ‘Nah. I need something here, doc.’ And then I went to walk off the coach back into the training ground at City and I genuinely could not walk, honestly. It was the worst pain ever. Five weeks later, it’s all right. So I am just trying to catch up and do my own little mini pre-season.”