From Gordon Cowans to Jack Grealish | Dean Smith on his journey from fan to manager at Aston Villa

Dean Smith grew up watching perhaps the greatest team ever assembled at Villa Park as the likes of Allan Evans, Andy Gray and Gordon ’Sid’ Cowans captured the league title before going on to lift the European Cup. Smith tells Graham Hunter that Jack Grealish has the talent to rival them all - and the evidence is in the money Manchester City paid to secure his services.