Jack Grealish is 100% fit for postponed Euro 2020, proclaims Dean Smith

But with the Euros around the corner, concerns have been raised about Grealish’s fitness issues and whether he would make it to the final cut despite the Villa captain making Gareth Southgate's 33 man provisional squad. Yet, despite the issues, Grealish played in the club's final four Premier League games, and it saw Dean Smith assert the fact that the 25-year-old is “100% fit” and he admitted that they wouldn’t have played the midfielder had he not been fully fit.

“He is 100% fit. Firstly, we had to make sure he was ready to play for Aston Villa. We wouldn’t take a risk with only four games to go, with a player of Jack’s standing and quality, unless it was the right thing to do. We all believed it was the right thing to do – for him and for Aston Villa. Then once the season finished, if he gets picked, which hopefully he does, then it’s the right thing for England as well. If we felt there was any kind of future risk then we would have just shut him down for the rest of the season and he wouldn’t have had the chance to go to the Euros,” Smith said, reported Goal.