Jack Grealish has proven his class by making a sizeable donation to assist a younger Birmingham City fan in want of an pressing scientific trial within the United States. Grealish famously got here up by Aston Villa's academy earlier than establishing himself as a membership legend previous to becoming a member of Manchester City two summers in the past.

The England winger is understood to be happy with his Villa roots however put their rivalry with Birmingham to at least one facet on Sunday by chipping in to assist Dylan, a 20-year-old Blues fan who's battling leukaemia and desires a doubtlessly life-changing scientific trial to face the perfect probability of survival.

A GoFundMe web page, set as much as assist fund Dylan's remedy within the United States, confirmed that Grealish and one other nameless donor had each contributed £5,000 to the pot. At the time of writing, over £116,000 had been raised for Dylan from over 6,700 separate donations, however this determine solely makes up a small portion of the £1,000,000 wanted to make sure his place within the scientific trial.

The donation web page was shared by Birmingham's official Twitter account on Monday night, main many followers to level out Grealish's beneficiant contribution to the trigger. Meanwhile, a message of gratitude to all donors was posted on the GoFundMe web page by Dylan's mom, Kim, over the weekend.

"We as Dylan's family and friends cannot even begin to express enough our gratitude for all the donations, shares, and messages of support (the messages really are helping us to stay positive)," learn the message.

"Some of your names we recognise, most we don't, but we really feel the love and prayers and we would like to thank each and every one of you individually for your support. Dylan is so touched by it all and sends his sincere thanks too. Please, please, please keep sharing his story so we can get it out to as many people as possible."

Grealish has been recognized to hold out charitable acts prior to now, with the City ahead having used his place of affect to assist these much less lucky than himself on quite a few earlier events. He raised £55,000 for the NHS by raffling one among his match-worn Villa shirts on the top of the Covid pandemic in 2020, whereas he was additionally credited with making a £150,000 donation to a neighborhood hospital.

The 27-year-old can also be a long-time supporter of the Saving Lives and Children in Need charities and delighted an emotional wheelchair-bound City fan earlier this yr by stunning her with a signed shirt on the Etihad Stadium. Grealish additionally honoured a promise he made to a younger supporter with cerebral palsy by celebrating a aim on the World Cup with a singular dance that he was requested to do by the 11-year-old earlier than the beginning of the match.

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