I'm curious to what people think is controversial about saying that Grealish has delivered is. Grealish was brilliant for Villa (arguably PL POTS) moved to City and continued being the same player. It's not a stick to beat the guy with that he was signed to be something that he isn't. And he wasn't bad for City even within that context. Just not £100m good. Pogba on the other hand is literally a liability. For every quality through ball he provides he gives up multiple clear cut opportunities by thinking that he is press resistant, inviting contact from the opposition and losing possession in dangerous areas. That's when he is actually fit to play mind. Utterly infuriating.
I note as well that nobody addressed the Ronaldinho portion of what I said. He was miles more unprofessional than Grealish and universally beloved. Dwight Yorke was also never out of the tabloids for us and everyone liked him. Racism exists and the media has its biases, but pretending that Pogba is disliked due to his skin colour is childish and actually sets back reasonable discourse. Mané is an example of a prominent black player who is always bleaching streaks in his hair- where is the hate for him? None evident because he works hard and delivers where it matters.