Bye-Bye Billion Dollar Baby?…

Hold onto your boots, folks, because the football universe is having a giggle fit! Richard Dunne, our man in the blue corner, thinks Pep Guardiola, the tactical titan, has trust-tackled poor Jack Grealish. The pitch prince once worth a gazillion quid (okay, it was just 100 million smackers) is being booted out of Manchester City’s swank playpen for a mere 40 million — less than the cost of Pep’s magical black turtleneck collection!

Jack, the Etihad escape artist, is being phantom-dropped from City’s lineup faster than a seagull eyeing a striker’s sandwich. Our beloved dribbler, who’s waltzed through rival defenses more gracefully than a seasoned salsa dancer, now finds himself snubbed harder than a defender’s boot. Fulham didn’t get a chance to witness Grealish’s grand finale, but rumor has it he might play footsie with Everton or the Spurs.

As the transfer tattlers burble on, City’s recruitment circus rings in fresh faces, practically forming a starting eleven of newbies. Climate change may have its glaciers tightening their laces, but City seems to be doing just fine with their revolving door of talent. A teary farewell, Jack, to the highs of escalator football — may your next club have bigger wings and brighter boots!