Jack Grealish: football player claims he doesn’t exercise his calves despite having enormous lower leg muscles

Jack Grealish has become somewhat of a household name since his performances for England in the Euros and recent World Cup.

The English football player, 27, from Birmingham, has recently received a flood of praise from Rio Ferdinand after impressing at Man City.

Aside from his sublime footballing ability, his standout feature, bizarrely, is his freakishly big calf muscles.

It’s easy to assume that Grealish has spent hours in the gym and on the training pitch to grow these beauties, but he claims it’s actually all genetics.

Grealish told the Daily Mail: “I don’t do any calf exercises or calf routines in the gym or anything.

“Honestly, it’s just something that I’ve had since I was young.”

The £100m superstar explained that this blessed genetic trait runs in his family and claims his grandfather also developed big calves from playing sport.

Jack Grealish is often recognised for his trademark low socks when he plays.

Interestingly, he claims this is not a way of showing off his calves, but simply because his socks are too small to fit over them.

He said: “I couldn’t get them over my calves because the socks were so small. So I started wearing them below my calves in training — and that season I ended up playing really well.”

The Manchester City maestro has continued to make Birmingham proud this week, as he was listed as a nominee for the Premier League Team Of The Season this Monday (18 April).