It’s been some week for Manchester City’s star forward Jack Grealish, who has been front and centre of his side’s Treble celebrations.
After clinching the Champions League at the weekend, defeating Inter Milan 1-0 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, the 27-year-old has been lapping up the celebrations, enjoying a four-day session, that has included a trip to Ibiza, an open-top bus parade and plenty of partying.
Earlier this week he admitted he was in a ‘world of pain‘ after all the celebrations, which have been closely followed on social media, with many reveling in the England star’s antics.
And one photo, that was published on the club’s social channels, epitomized the party more than any other. It depicted the champagne soaked City winger standing arms abreast at the front of the open-top bus parade soaking up the occasion.
It can only be described as iconic, capturing the momentous occasion perfectly, and Grealish loved it so much, he posted it on his own Twitter feed with the caption, ‘Hang it in the Louvre.’
Jack Grealish has been front and centre of Manchester City’s Treble winning celebrations Tweeting this iconic photo of himself celebrating during their open-top bus parade
Grealish has been pictured partying hard following Man City’s epic Champions League win
Well it appears that his wish has now been granted, with Paddy Power posting a video on their social channels, showing them attempting to hang a print of the photo in the world-renowned Parisian art gallery.
‘Challenge accepted’ they say in the video, which shows a Paddy Power employee flying to the French capital, before holding the picture up in front of the Mona Lisa.
The clip shows the man speaking to a museum worker asking them, ‘Can we get this hung in the Louvre?’ while pointing towards Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece.
‘I don’t think that’s possible,’ she responds laughing in bewilderment.
With no other option, the Paddy Power employee hilariously heads to the toilet to hang the large print in a cubicle, with the video announcement saying ‘Jack Grealish in the Louvre.’
The next frame then shows a group of security guards eyeing up the man who says, ‘Think they’re watching us.’
The hilarious stunt will no doubt give the winger, who drew the cameras throughout Monday’s bus parade, plenty of laughs.
Many, including Gaby Agbonlahor, have loved watching him celebrate, with the TalkSPORT pundit saying: ‘I just see a lad who is living the dream.’
‘I just love seeing the celebrations because there’s so many bitter people out there who it will really make angry and I love seeing how happy he is so I’m happy for the lad,’ he added.
In the four days pursuant to their epic triumph in Istanbul, Grealish has been to Ibiza, posing with the trophy on a flight with Haaland, and enjoying champagne during their bus tour
Grealish has had a fantastic season with the Citizens, making 50 appearances for the club, while proving pivotal during their Champions League campaign
He was seen during the trophy tour wearing a hi-vis jacket while speaking into the microphone to the fans that lined the streets of Manchester
‘You’ve done the work, played in multiple games this season, had the sleepless nights after games – people don’t see that part of it where you’re shattered, you’re dehydrated, you can’t eat after games, people don’t see the side of footballers where they’re putting the work in and how difficult it is to be a professional footballer.
‘They’ve done it and now it’s time to celebrate.’
But the party celebrations were called to an end earlier this week, with Grealish, Phil Foden, John Stones, Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips all heading back to work on Tuesday reporting for England duty.
The City quartet were pictured at St George’s Park the following day in good spirits, with Gareth Southgate subsequently confirming that the group are all available to play in Friday’s clash with Malta.
The Three Lions boss has, though, warned his stars that ‘there is a line‘ when it comes to partying.
He admitted that he had ‘spoken with the players about where their focus needs to be.’
The England manager also stated that he and his coaching staff were not actually considering the City players for this weekend’s Euro 2024 qualifiers.
‘We weren’t considering those boys to start this game. We were hopeful they could play some part and that is still the case.
But the hard work continues for Grealish, who was on Thursday pictured back in England training
He was joined by his Man City team-mates, who despite the celebrations, were all deemed available by Gareth Southgate for Friday’s match against Malta
All focus turns to the Euro 2024 qualifiers this weekend, with Southgate (right) hinting Trent Alexander-Arnold could feature in a midfield role
‘Point number one is they all wanted to come in to be with the group, which is fantastic. And as I said to them — we are all in the unknown a little bit.
‘The focus with all of the City boys is just to get them right for these games. Inevitably we just don’t know what that emotional dip is going to be for them.
‘They need to recover, they need to sleep, they need to eat well and we want to get them ready.’
England will take on Malta tonight at the Ta’ Qali Stadium. The main team news coming out of the camp is that Marc Guehi will likely start alongside Harry Maguire, while Southgate has also hinted that Trent Alexander-Arnold could tuck into a midfield position as he does with Liverpool.
