Man City WAGs join Grealish family on private jet trip to Champions League final
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The WAGs of Manchester City ’s high-flying stars are travelling to tomorrow’s Champions League final in style after club owner Sheikh Mansour laid on a luxury jet.
His stars’ families and pals will take the private flight to Istanbul after City’s squad flew to the Turkish city yesterday ahead of their clash with Inter Milan.
A win would land the Blues the treble – matching the 1999 triumph of bitter local rivals Manchester United.
A handful of players have booked private jets for loved ones but most WAGs and friends will be on the Emirati royal’s plane – including Jack Grealish ’s parents, siblings and pal Ollie Priestley.
Relatives of Kyle Walker, John Stones and other first-teamers are also expected on board. A source said: “Jack and the others like the idea of the families being together. They’re staying in a hotel close to the team’s official one.”
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Midfielder Grealish is a nailed-on starter for manager Pep Guardiola’s side in what will be the biggest match of his career – and a childhood dream.
The 27-year-old, who has been with model Sasha Atwood, also 27, for nearly a decade, will be cheered on in the Ataturk Olympic Stadium by mum Karen, dad Kevin and siblings Kevan, Kiera and Holly.
He told of his special bond with Karen after City’s 1-1 draw with Real Madrid in the first leg of the semi-final, saying: “I had a text from my mum before the game saying, ‘These are the nights you dreamed of as a kid’. Everyone in the world was watching. Sometimes you pinch yourself.”
A source said: “Jack wants all his family and mates there on Saturday. It doesn’t get much bigger than the Champions League final. This is what his boyhood dreams were about.”
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Victory tomorrow would cap an incredible journey for Grealish, who was an Aston Villa fan from birth – with his dad taking him to matches as toddler.
By six, he was a Sunday league player for Highgate United in Solihull, West Mids. Last year, the Mirror revealed his career was almost cut short when the club faced folding until a £200 shirt sponsorship from second-hand car dealer Martin Smallbone saved it.
Weeks later, an Aston Villa scout spotted Jack and after joining its academy he worked his way up to first-team captain. Then, in 2021, City paid £100million to net him.
The rest, as they say, is history. And tomorrow, he hopes to write another very special chapter.
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