Premier League star Jack Grealish swapped match days for Madri last weekend as he stunned punters at two North East pubs.

The £100m football ace was spotted at several drinking spots in the region on Sunday, March 2 - just hours after Manchester City beat Plymouth in the FA Cup.

Grealish - who was in Pep Guardiola’s starting lineup for the clash on Saturday - was world’s away from the football pitch as he relaxed at the North Biddick Social Club, in Washington.

Punters were seemingly left stunned after the ex-Aston Villa player’s appearance, which came six days ahead of Man City’s clash with Nottingham Forest next Saturday.

Pictures widely circulated online showed humble Grealish sporting a grey hoodie and blue jeans, with many saying he was “no different than one of us”.

The 29-year-old then travelled around 30 minutes to Newcastle city centre, where he visited popular Irish bar The Dubliner, located off the city’s Quayside.

Footage online - believed to be taken around 11pm - shows Grealish walking out of the venue alongside a friend, while holding a glass bottle in his hand.

One person said: “This is why I like him. Just a normal lad doing normal lad stuff who just happens to have a talent that makes him minted. Always brilliant with fans too.”

Another added: “You know something, he is just a normal lad, who gets extremely well paid for a job that is his hobby. One thing is for sure, he has never forgotten his roots!”