The playmaker returned from a shin injury as a substitute in Thursday’s goalless draw with Everton.
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has thrown his weight behind Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish in his battle to make the England squad for this summer’s European Championship.
The playmaker returned from a shin injury as a substitute in Thursday’s goalless draw with Everton and again looks likely to be restricted to a cameo role at Selhurst Park on Sunday while he builds up fitness.
Grealish has missed three months of football and it leaves England national team boss Gareth Southgate with a decision to make over whether to pick the attacker with the tournament due to start in a month’s time.
“It was a fortune moment in time when Jack decided he would commit himself to England,” former Three Lions boss Hodgson said.
“Since that time, he has matured and improved as a player enormously. There is no doubt a Jack Grealish when he is 100 per cent fit will be a hard guy to leave out of any squad, whether it is England or any other team in the world.
“I am disappointed for him…
