JACK GREALISH admits he was still hungover when he reported for England duty.
The Manchester City star guzzled booze on a three-day bender to toast their Treble glory.
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Less than 24 hours after the party was over, he linked up with the Three Lions squad ahead of their Euro 2024 qualifiers.
But he insists there were no issues with boss Gareth Southgate.
Grealish, 27, said: “I have a great relationship with the manager, honestly. A brilliant relationship. I knew in the back of my head I wouldn’t play Friday’s win in Malta.
“Even so, I came into camp on Tuesday night. I was a bit hungover but I wasn’t drunk or anything.
“We slept then woke up and trained Wednesday. We trained Thursday. Then the Saturday, I trained and trained well.”
Grealish knew pundits would be lining up to have a go at him after his boozy exploits.
He added: “Whatever you do there will always be people in the background criticising you. It’s part and parcel of life.”
But he felt he deserved to let his hair down after that night in Istanbul.
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The £100million ace added: “I’d never sit and lie to you and say, ‘Yeah, I don’t drink and I don’t party’ because I do.
“I’m just truthful because when you see me doing anything, you’d be like, ‘Oh, hold on, he said a few weeks ago in an interview he didn’t do that.’
“But I just enjoy myself, I’m living my dream of playing for the best club in the world in my opinion. And we’ve just won the Treble.
“I’d done something that comes around once in a lifetime. We enjoyed ourselves on Saturday, Sunday, Monday. It was the best weekend ever.”
England fans showed they are very much behind Grealish as he came on as a second-half sub in the 7-0 tonking of North Macedonia at Old Trafford.
He had no complaints he did not start as others took the chance to shine. Grealish added: “I thought it was a toss up with who plays. Me, Phil Foden or Marcus Rashford.
“Obviously it was Rashy and you can’t complain. He’s one of the most in-form players in the world. He was so good.
“Bukayo Saka scored three but I thought Rashy in the first half was frightening.
“I came on and I’m happy. I’ve had the most successful season of my life and I think now I can sit and relax.”
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