Jose Mourinho insists England must start Luis Figo-like Manchester City target

Jose Mourinho has compared Manchester City target Jack Grealish to Portugal legend Luis Figo and says the playmaker must start for England against Czech Republic. The Aston Villa skipper is yet to start in Euro 2020 and has appeared for just 26 minutes so far as he emerged from the bench in a 0-0 draw with Scotland last Friday. And Mourinho believes it is time to start the midfielder, who he has compared to former Real Madrid and Barcelona star Figo. "England look like a shy team, so they need Jack Grealish against the Czech Republic tonight," Mourinho told the Sun. "He looks like he has always been on that stage. The guy is brave. The guy never played a European match for his club but he arrives in the national team and  is fearless. "He risks. He gambles. He loses the ball. He creates. He kicks people. People kick him. He creates instability in opponents. And he wins free-kicks. "You win free-kicks in wide areas then you go with Harry Maguire or Tyrone Mings or John Stones and Harry Kane — and England are powerful on set-pieces. England looked a shy team against Scotland because they were a team without that thing that Grealish has. "I don’t like comparing players — and Luis Figo was at a different level — but Grealish is like Figo in that he’ll demand the ball. He says, ‘Give me the ball and I will resolve this!’ "Grealish didn’t play amazingly when he came on against Scotland but how many times did he have the ball? How many fouls did they commit on him? How many one-against-ones did he create? England need these qualities." Grealish has long been linked with a move to City, with reports claiming Pep Guardiola really wants to have him in his squad. Source - Metro  Join us on Telegram!/ Follow us on Twitter!

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