The Aston Villa captain opens up about his lockdown incident and how the club are set on staying up for the memory of Dean Smith’s fatherThe challenge facing Aston Villa is to emerge from the Premier League hiatus better than they were before it. Jack Grealish accepts that applies to him more than most. Over the past couple of months he has spent time, and money, trying to prove that he does not deserve to be defined by that serious mistake he made in late March.You know the one. The photograph went everywhere. Less than 24 hours after he publicly urged people to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus, he was pictured looking bewildered and dishevelled on a Birmingham street beside his damaged Range Rover, which had collided with parked cars to expose the fact that he broke lockdown to travel to a friend’s house. West Midlands Police’s investigation continues. The day after the incident Grealish acknowledged his hypocrisy on social media. Related: John McGinn: 'We need to keep Villa in this league, no matter what' We had six games remaining at home, but we're not going to sit back and moan about it Related: Lee Hendrie: 'My wife went through an awful lot. She's seen me on life-support machines' Continue readingreadfullarticle
