‘I’m living my dream’ – but did the full Grealish lead to England bit part?

I t used to be called going out, out. Now it is the full Grealish. And, for the man himself, it is easy to feel life will never be the same again. The first part of it is that Jack Peter Grealish from Solihull is a treble winner, a member of the Manchester City squad that has touched immortality. It was this that enabled the second bit – the one that has gilded the legend; some would say created it.

Grealish was hardly alone on the three‑night benderin three countries that kicked off on the Saturday before last after City’s Champions League victory against Internazionale in Istanbul. As the City midfielder Kalvin Phillips put it: “Everyone was the same, everyone was enjoying it as much as Jack.”

Phillips would make another fair point. “When Man United won the treble [in 1999], I dread to think what they were doing.” No camera phones then. Or social media. Yet everybody knows which City player was the symbol of the celebrations, who was central to the most Instagram clips, who made the most headlines.

“Having Treble, Jack?” wrote the Sun on its front page last Tuesday, alongside a photograph of Grealish being helped by his teammate Kyle Walker into a people carrier for Ibiza airport the previous morning.

Yes, Ibiza. Keep up. Most of the City players had headed there on the Sunday night for Part II of the Trilogy – dinner then party at Pacha until sunrise. Part I had been at the team hotel in Istanbul. The last leg was the open-top bus parade in Manchester on Monday evening, after a flight back from Ibiza, followed by another party at the Mayfield Depot in Piccadilly.

“For the last 24 hours, I’ve had the best day and night,” Grealish said at the parade. “I don’t think I’ve had any sleep.” He went on to say that he was a