Jack Grealish’s swagger would have been lost by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United supporters, like the rest of the country, found themselves with time to kill on New Year’s Eve.

Heading to the pub was out of the question, so some took to Twitter to debate their upcoming match against Aston Villa. It was a big one, of course. Victory would lift them alongside Liverpool at the top of the table, and there was little doubt about the man they had identified as the biggest threat to their team.

That man was Jack Grealish.

Grealish was confident of moving to United in the summer

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“Hi @JackGrealish party hard tonight,” the fan demanded in a post to the Villa captain. “PL fixtures come 38 times a season, New Year’s Eve comes only once.”

The tweet was written with tongue in cheek, of course. Grealish has gained something