Pep Guardiola laughs off video of Jack Grealish being denied entry to Manchester bar

Pep Guardiola has played down the significance of a video showing Jack Grealish swaying outside a club in Manchester and joked that he plans to fine the midfielder for not inviting him on the night out.

The England international, 26, who completed a £100million move from boyhood club Aston Villa to Manchester City last summer, was supposedly denied entry into the bar which features in the background of the clip.

Grealish’s City team-mates Kyle Walker and Riyad Mahez are also seen in the footage which was uploaded to TikTok in the wake of the side’s FA Cup fourth-round victory over Fulham at the weekend.

It’s not the first time Grealish’s off-field behaviour has caused a stir this season, with the ex-Villa captain deemed unfit to train after going out with Phil Foden following City’s 7-0 defeat of Leeds in December.

Grealish and Foden were subsequently dropped for City’s following win at Newcastle and Guardiola warned the duo to stay ‘focussed’ as he was paying close ‘attention’ to their condition both on and off the pitch.

However, the City head coach has taken a different approach to the latest story surrounding Grealish, telling reporters on Tuesday that he feels the midfielder has been unfairly treated.

‘I’m so upset because they didn’t invite me, and I don’t like it,’ Guardiola joked at his pre-match press conference ahead of City’s Premier League clash with Brentford.

‘Next time maybe they can invite me and do the dinner correctly at 8 o’clock. Dinner together, sober enjoying with his mates and some of the backroom staff. So the players know the risks when they go out because of social media.

‘All of them Riyad, Ali, Jack they were prefect. But they will be fined because they didn’t invite me.

‘In this case, yes [I think