{"id":52166,"date":"2025-06-10T09:59:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=52166"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:59:26","slug":"jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer Leverkusen Lining Up Jack Grealish As Replacement For Liverpool-Bound Florian Wirtz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester City star Jack Grealish could be heading to Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Florian Wirtz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The out-of-favour winger has reportedly accepted he has no future at the Etihad.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, top teams across Europe have started jostling for position in order to secure his signature.<\/p>\n<p>But it appears Jack Grealish&#8217;s next club could well be Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<h2>Jack Grealish To Replace Wirtz At Bayer Leverkusen?<\/h2>\n<p>That&#8217;s because the Bundesliga outfit are in need of a replacement for star man Florian Wirtz.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old German is expected to leave Leverkusen imminently, with Liverpool the widely reported probable destination.<\/p>\n<p>Arne Slot&#8217;s side are in advanced negotiations for Wirtz, who could become the Premier League&#8217;s record signing.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds saw a \u00a3113 million bid rejected last week, but are expected to return with an even bigger offer.<\/p>\n<p>This would give Leverkusen manager, former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, a huge budget to spend on a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>And according to The Sun, Grealish is said to be top of the wish list.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the player have informed the publication that he is interested in a move overseas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Bayer Leverkusen are lining up Jack Grealish as a replacement for Florian Wirtz, who is on his way to Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: Sun Sport) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2m9TsFQfe\">pic.twitter.com\/B2m9TsFQfe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/status\/1932320826210341095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Jack Grealish Next Club Possibilities<\/h2>\n<p>But while Leverkusen are one option, there are plenty of possibilities for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-next-club-everton-man-city\/\"><strong>Jack Grealish&#8217;s next club<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At 29, the player still has plenty of years left at the top level.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Premier League, Newcastle and Tottenham are both monitoring his situation.<\/p>\n<p>And there are rumours of a possible romantic return to boyhood club Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Italian champions Napoli have also been heavily linked with Grealish.<\/p>\n<h2>Erik ten Hag A Big Jack Grealish Fan<\/h2>\n<p>According to reports, Leverkusen boss Ten Hag is a huge admirer of Grealish.<\/p>\n<p>He is of course familiar with the England international&#8217;s quality, having managed against him while at rivals Man United.<\/p>\n<p>City are thought to be looking for around \u00a340 million in order to sell Grealish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49986\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Grealish-Villa-560x373.jpg\" alt=\"Could Grealish Go Back To Villa?\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Grealish-Villa-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Grealish-Villa-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Grealish-Villa.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Could Jack Grealish go back to boyhood club Aston Villa?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, his massive wage demands may be a problem for any club, unless he is willing to take a significant pay cut.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United were said to be keen on a loan signing earlier this season, but were put off by the requirement to front Grealish&#8217;s full \u00a3300,000 per week salary.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Is Jack Grealish Not Playing For England?<\/h2>\n<p>A big driver in any Jack Grealish transfer is the player&#8217;s desire to regain a place in the England squad.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to next summer&#8217;s World Cup, Grealish will be desperate to be involved.<\/p>\n<p>But Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel has made it clear he needs to see Grealish playing week-in-week-out in order to reconsider his selection.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel is said to be a big admirer of Grealish, but has expressed his firm belief on picking players on form over reputation.<\/p>\n<h2>Jack Grealish Stats<\/h2>\n<p>Predominantly a left winger, Jack Grealish has also operated through the middle and on the right throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>Starting off at Aston Villa, he made 213 senior appearances, scoring 32 goals and providing 43 assists.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2021, he joined Manchester City for a record-breaking \u00a3100 million.<\/p>\n<p>He has since scored 17 goals and provided 23 assists in 157 games for Pep Guardiola&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City star Jack Grealish could be heading to Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Florian Wirtz. The out-of-favour winger has reportedly accepted he has no future at the Etihad. As a result, top teams across Europe have started jostling for position in order to secure his signature. But it appears Jack Grealish&#8217;s next club [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":30142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[649,134,605,70,52],"class_list":["post-52166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-bayer-leverkusen","tag-bundesliga","tag-jack-grealish","tag-manchester-city","tag-premier-league"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jack Grealish: Bayer Leverkusen Keen On Manchester City Man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manchester City star Jack Grealish could be heading to Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Florian Wirtz.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52166\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jack Grealish: Bayer Leverkusen Keen On Manchester City Man\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester City star Jack Grealish could be heading to Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Florian Wirtz.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportscasting UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-10T09:59:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"958\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"654\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James Chittick\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/x.com\/JChittickjourno\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James Chittick\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"James Chittick\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d0e183b7c6d7d9a4e9133ff6dfb2884c\"},\"headline\":\"Bayer Leverkusen Lining Up Jack Grealish As Replacement For Liverpool-Bound Florian Wirtz\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-10T09:59:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":557,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bayer Leverkusen\",\"Bundesliga\",\"Jack Grealish\",\"Manchester City\",\"Premier League\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Football\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jack Grealish: Bayer Leverkusen Keen On Manchester City Man\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-10T09:59:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d0e183b7c6d7d9a4e9133ff6dfb2884c\"},\"description\":\"Manchester City star Jack Grealish could be heading to Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Florian Wirtz.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg\",\"width\":958,\"height\":654,\"caption\":\"Jack Grealish everton\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/news\\\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bayer Leverkusen Lining Up Jack Grealish As Replacement For Liverpool-Bound Florian Wirtz\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sportscasting UK\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d0e183b7c6d7d9a4e9133ff6dfb2884c\",\"name\":\"James Chittick\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/67dd58eb8b76610ab4308e1bc4c7429674d7b7d5bb10e2fe6cf8b2bbbaae1997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/67dd58eb8b76610ab4308e1bc4c7429674d7b7d5bb10e2fe6cf8b2bbbaae1997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/67dd58eb8b76610ab4308e1bc4c7429674d7b7d5bb10e2fe6cf8b2bbbaae1997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"James Chittick\"},\"description\":\"James is an experienced writer covering a wide range of sports, including Premier League and European football, Rugby Union, WWE and the NFL. Having studied English &amp; Creative Writing at Plymouth University, James completed a master's degree in Digital &amp; Social Media Marketing before pursuing a career in Journalism. He then graduated from News Associates in Manchester after finishing their NCTJ Postgraduate Diploma in Multimedia Sports Journalism. Since then, James spent time writing for GameRant before joining Reach PLC, where he featured regularly in publications such as the Daily Mirror, Football.LDN, Manchester Evening News and Liverpool Echo, as well as dozens of local titles. Now at SportsCasting, James provides expert analysis and detailed research features, as well as covering breaking news stories.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/JChittickjourno\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportscasting.com\\\/uk\\\/author\\\/jameschittick\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jack Grealish: Bayer Leverkusen Keen On Manchester City Man","description":"Manchester City star Jack Grealish could be heading to Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Florian Wirtz.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52166","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jack Grealish: Bayer Leverkusen Keen On Manchester City Man","og_description":"Manchester City star Jack Grealish could be heading to Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Florian Wirtz.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/","og_site_name":"Sportscasting UK","article_published_time":"2025-06-10T09:59:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":958,"height":654,"url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"James Chittick","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/x.com\/JChittickjourno","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"James Chittick","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/"},"author":{"name":"James Chittick","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/d0e183b7c6d7d9a4e9133ff6dfb2884c"},"headline":"Bayer Leverkusen Lining Up Jack Grealish As Replacement For Liverpool-Bound Florian Wirtz","datePublished":"2025-06-10T09:59:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/"},"wordCount":557,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg","keywords":["Bayer Leverkusen","Bundesliga","Jack Grealish","Manchester City","Premier League"],"articleSection":["Football"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/","name":"Jack Grealish: Bayer Leverkusen Keen On Manchester City Man","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-10T09:59:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/d0e183b7c6d7d9a4e9133ff6dfb2884c"},"description":"Manchester City star Jack Grealish could be heading to Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Florian Wirtz.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-20.14.21.jpg","width":958,"height":654,"caption":"Jack Grealish everton"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jack-grealish-bayer-leverkusen-manchester-city-liverpool-florian-wirtz\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bayer Leverkusen Lining Up Jack Grealish As Replacement For Liverpool-Bound Florian Wirtz"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/","name":"Sportscasting UK","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/d0e183b7c6d7d9a4e9133ff6dfb2884c","name":"James Chittick","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/67dd58eb8b76610ab4308e1bc4c7429674d7b7d5bb10e2fe6cf8b2bbbaae1997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/67dd58eb8b76610ab4308e1bc4c7429674d7b7d5bb10e2fe6cf8b2bbbaae1997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/67dd58eb8b76610ab4308e1bc4c7429674d7b7d5bb10e2fe6cf8b2bbbaae1997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"James Chittick"},"description":"James is an experienced writer covering a wide range of sports, including Premier League and European football, Rugby Union, WWE and the NFL. Having studied English &amp; Creative Writing at Plymouth University, James completed a master's degree in Digital &amp; Social Media Marketing before pursuing a career in Journalism. He then graduated from News Associates in Manchester after finishing their NCTJ Postgraduate Diploma in Multimedia Sports Journalism. Since then, James spent time writing for GameRant before joining Reach PLC, where he featured regularly in publications such as the Daily Mirror, Football.LDN, Manchester Evening News and Liverpool Echo, as well as dozens of local titles. Now at SportsCasting, James provides expert analysis and detailed research features, as well as covering breaking news stories.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/JChittickjourno"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/jameschittick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52170,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52166\/revisions\/52170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}