Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher is urging Jack Grealish to straighten up at Aston Villa.

Carragher wrote in the Daily Mail: "Only maximum professionalism allows you to thrive.

"I hope Grealish understands that. He is a big talent but, after last Saturday's episode, he is running out of chances. He can't find himself tagged as the player with an appetite for the high life. All it will do is put off potential suitors, England managers and, most importantly, it will colour his manager Remi Garde's view of him. Even worse, he will find that he gets labelled as a bad influence on others, not just himself.

"I like Grealish as a player. It felt last season that, along with Christian Benteke, he was instrumental in helping Villa avoid relegation.

"He was outstanding in the FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool and, this season, it sticks in my mind how he changed the Capital One Cup tie against Birmingham.

"The reason there has been such a fuss about what he has done is because people do not want to see his talent go to waste."