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title: "Steve Bruce sings the praises of Jack Grealish"
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author: "Dale Eaton"
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published: "2018-02-26T12:15:14Z"
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# Steve Bruce sings the praises of Jack Grealish

Aston Villa’s young midfielder Jack Grealish was in scintillating form after recovering from his freak injury at the end of pre-season but he is now injured again and has missed the games against Fulham, Preston and Sheffield Wednesday.

Steve Bruce has been full of praise for Grealish, saying

> He has a bit of a Gazza about him – not off the pitch! For six or seven games when he came back, he was easily the best player in the league and he has to stay there

![Getty Images/Hulton Archive/Getty Images](https://media.readastonvilla.com/readastonvilla/2018/02/493935437.jpg)

Gaza responded to Bruce’s Grealish comparison by tweeting,

> Twitter: STEVE my friend just read your bit in the paper saying grealish plays a bit like me on the pitch??but not off the p… https://t.co/SvTfnuTQBO (@Paul\_Gascoigne8)

Bruce clearly highly values Grealish and said

He has all the natural ingredients and I will do my best with him.”

In the six games he has started in the centre of midfiel,d he has scored once and contributed three assists, and [WhoScored?](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/113069/Show/Jack-Grealish) have given him a 7.67 rating, showing just how integral he has become to this Villa team.

Grealish was expected to return from his injury in early March so there is a possibility that he may be back for Villa’s home game against QPR on Saturday.