Dean Smith suggests Jack Grealish could soon earn England call-up | OneFootball

Jack Grealish is having one hell of a Premier League campaign and manager Dean Smith couldn’t be happier for his star midfielder.

Grealish once again played a starring role in Aston Villa’s 2-0 win over Newcastle on Monday and Smith told reporters that he believes the 24-year-old is capable of reaching the pinnacle of English football.

“He can play a number of positions. He can play as part of a two in midfield, play as a 10, play as an eight when we play a one and two (an attacking midfielder behind two strikers), he can play left, he can play right.

“I just feel at the moment, for the balance of the team, it (left wing) is a really good position for him. That’s the thing a mature Jack knows now, that he is doing a job for the team by being there.

“I feel he gives the opposition problems when he gets on the ball and runs at them, and as we saw against Newcastle, he won two free-kicks that led to two goals.

“He is in a good spot. If he keeps improving he can go all the way. He is playing in the top league in this country.

“People speculate about an England call-up, but all he can do is keep putting in performances like he is doing.”

So far this season, Grealish has scored four times and assisted another five goals in just 13 appearances in all competitions.

Grealish earned seven caps with the England U-21s (four under Gareth Southgate) but has yet to be called up to the senior squad.