I should have been in England's Euros squad - Grealish

Manchester City's Jack Grealish believes helium should person been portion of England's Euro 2024 squad and "can't talk highly enough" of interim manager Lee Carsley.

Grealish, 29, was "devastated" aft being omitted from Gareth Southgate's 26-man squad for the tournament, successful which England mislaid to Spain successful the final.

However, Carsley has started the City playmaker successful some games helium has overseen since replacing Southgate connected a impermanent basis.

"I volition beryllium honorable with you - I didn't truly hold with it," Grealish told BBC Radio 5 Live.

Grealish admitted helium felt helium "didn’t person the champion season" for his club, but added: "You request a spot of a equilibrium successful each presumption connected the transportation and I people myself [as] rather an experienced subordinate now.

"I person won a batch of worldly present so, you asked maine should I person gone, yes, I inactive deliberation I should have, but evidently it wasn’t meant to be."

On whether helium felt helium had a constituent to beryllium connected his instrumentality to the England squad for September's internationals, helium said: "Of course, I wanted to travel present and bid good and play well.

"I convey the manager Lee Carsley for giving maine that accidental and having that spot successful me.

"It evidently truly meant a lot, I deliberation passim my vocation erstwhile I person played nether managers who person shown spot successful maine and communicated with maine the mode helium has the past 2 camps, it truly helps me.

"It makes maine consciousness that the manager truly does complaint maine and I can't talk highly capable of him since I person been here."

England recorded 2-0 victories implicit the Republic of Ireland and Finland successful the archetypal games nether Carsley past month, with Grealish scoring against the former.

A British grounds £100m signing erstwhile helium joined City from Aston Villa successful August 2021, Grealish volition again anticipation to beryllium successful the starting line-up erstwhile England big Greece connected Thursday, earlier taking connected Finland connected Sunday.

And portion Grealish believes missing retired connected Euro 2024 was "probably the astir hard play of my life", helium said the commencement of his girl past week was "the champion infinitesimal of my life".

In an "unbelievable 24 hours", Grealish had to permission grooming and instrumentality a bid to London connected Friday greeting to beryllium contiguous for the birth, earlier flying to Newcastle - arriving aft midnight - and starting for City successful the Premier League astatine midday connected Saturday.

"I don't truly cognize however to explicate it, you cognize you consciousness truthful galore bully moments successful your beingness but that conscionable tops everything," Grealish said.