The Manchester City winger was starstruck after meeting a former Aston Villa player he looked up to while coming through the club's academy.
Jack Grealish has shared his delight at recently meeting former Aston Villa striker Juan Pablo Angel, someone he calls his “first ever hero”.
The forward - who won the UEFA Intertoto Cup with the Villains in his first year at the club - would have been in the first-team during the time Grealish made his first steps in the Villa academy, having first joined at age six.READ MORE: Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish show up Man City battle in Brighton win
Grealish has not started a City game since the 3-1 win over RB Leipzig in the last round of European fixtures having come back from injury slightly off the boil. Summer signing Jeremy Doku has impressed on the left in his wake and has five goal contributions in 11 appearances, including three goals.
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