Grealish Can Handle Increased Expectations For England – Southgate

Jack Grealish can handle increased expectations after his decent start to his England career, Gareth Southgate has said.

Southgate recently revealed that even if the Aston Villa midfielder has done well individually, success will only be achieved as a team.

According to him, Grealish can definitely cope with the added attention on his football because he thrives a lot under that kind of pressure.

He added that the England international is very courageous with the ball and he will surely bring the national team success in the nearest future.

His words, “I think that’s always important with any player, we are going to succeed or fail as a team. It’s for everybody to contribute.

“We’ve tried to ensure over the past four year that it’s collective expectation, we could put pressure on Harry Kane, Raheem [Sterling], other players, and it needs to be the same with Jack.

“He’s had a super start to his international career. I think he’ll be able to handle the attention because he thrives under that pressure. He’s got great courage with the ball, so I don’t think that’ll faze him. Equally, it’s going to be the squad that brings us success as a collective.”