Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has told Jack Grealish to ignore his press.

Guardiola has told Grealish to ignore public opinion as City's £100million record signing gears up for his comeback.

"The statistics are better or similar to Aston Villa in terms of ball contact," City's manager claimed. "We didn't buy him to score 45 goals. He doesn't have that quality — he has another one.

"Players today play for the statistics, but this is the biggest mistake they can do."

New signings often take time to settle under Guardiola, but he believes Grealish has shown enough.

"Jack is playing well, if he wasn't I would tell him," he said.