I’m loving it,” Grealish says. “It makes me so happy and proud when I hear the crowd singing my name. It could be too much pressure for some people but I just want to repay that. I always try and play with a smile on my face because I’m doing what I love.

Maybe you could draw in a speech bubble for this player and write in what he could be thinking. You could even draw a small picture into the speech bubble that shows the move he’s thinking of doing! This next player looks like he’s weaving the ball through the field with great determination! Football is all about teamwork, but there can be moments of individual heroism as well. I wonder what he would do next with the ball after the moment in this picture? Maybe you could draw in the team number of your favorite player in real life onto the shirt of the player in this image! In a pre-season game in the summer of 2017, Grealish got an innocent elbow under the ribs that cut his kidney in two places, causing internal bleeding. Grealish’s surgeon had only ever seen such an injury in victims of car crashes or horse trampling, and told the then 21-year-old that he could die. After 10 nights in hospital, then about three weeks off at home, Grealish returned to health with a renewed appreciation of life’s preciousness. Besides, he “couldn’t really do a fat lot”. The one thing he could do was hit the gym.

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Grealish’s appeal is based on his mercurial talent, the smoothness of his touch, his explosive bursts, but it is also rooted in how he comes across as being just like any other lad in the country. He is flawed, he has made high-profile mistakes but he has the common touch and there are times when it feels as if he is living everybody’s dream. His hair flows in the wind as his colorful jersey and shorts flap behind him. For his outfit, get creative with bold reds, bright oranges, royal purples or any fun colors you choose. The player in this football coloring sheet is right in the action as he seems to have just been passed the ball. I’m just a normal kid and, as I’ve grown up [in football], that’s probably one of the hardest things. I speak to my family about it all the time because when I go out and do stuff and I look at what my friends are doing … I’d love to be like that sometimes and just go and do stuff.

For a fun picture, you could get a big white piece of paper and cut out some of the players from these football printables.

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For this picture, maybe you could use a combination of paints and colored pencils for a really intense look to suit this great move! While there are many popular sports, football is arguably the most popular sport in the worldwith billions of passionate fans! This happy boy is having a blast playing fooball. He’s dribbling the ball down the field, smiling as the wind blows through his hair.