Man City bus jokes illustrate club confidence in Jack Grealish

If this season has been one where Jack Grealish has pushed himself out of his comfort zone at Manchester City, the hours since the end of the campaign have showcased what the nation loves the player most for. Grealish has only furthered his reputation as a carefree footballer since his move to the Etihad (off the pitch at least) and from the moment he posted from the dressing room swigging a beer on Sunday afternoon it didn't take a genius to work out what was to come.

The celebrations that night were heavy, and ahead of an encore on Monday night the bus parade through the streets in the afternoon gave the impression that the partying had never really stopped. Not that it is an issue - Pep Guardiola may have punished players for going out and being below peak condition in the depth of the season but he enjoys cutting loose as much as anyone when the time comes.

Front and centre of the bus parade was former Villa man Grealish, a player who had been peripheral to the final day. The 26-year-old slagged off one of the players in the season in Bernardo Silva, suggesting that Guardiola taking him off on the final day was key to the comeback; he offered to buy a Jagerbomb for all fans at Alberts Schloss, a bar he had previously made headlines outside in the middle of the campaign; and when Riyad Mahrez tried to big Kyle Walker up on the stage, Grealish stepped forward in front of everyone to boast that him tearing the right-back apart was why City bought him.

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The fans loved it, the players loved it and, from the side of the stage, Guardiola took a break from cigar-chomping and beer-swigging to laugh with the heartiness of a journalist