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Jack Grealish has been offered a new four-year deal as Aston Villa strive to hold onto their teenage wing wonder.

Grealish, who celebrates his 19 birthday tomorrow, is into the final 12 months of his current deal.

The Bodymoor Heath academy graduate has burst onto the first team scene this season after a breakthrough year on loan at League One Notts County in 2013-14.

A boyhood Villa fan who has been with the club since the age of six, Grealish is expected to agree new terms later this month, although there are still some issues to be resolved.

His representatives are set to meet with manager Paul Lambert next week for the next stage of negotiations.

Chelsea are reportedly monitoring Grealish, having watched his rise from the youth team ranks, but Grealish would prefer to continue his development with Villa, providing a suitable deal can be struck.

Grealish made his first team debut as a late substitute in VIlla’s 4-0 defeat at Manchester City in May.

But it is in the last month that he has really started to make his mark, coming off the bench to impress in the Premier League victories over Stoke and Hull, and starting his first competitive match in the Capital One Cup defeat to Leyton Orient.

Grealish played for Ireland under-21s in their 2-0 defeat to Germany in Halle last week, and his representatives recently met Martin O’Neill as the Brummie wideboy decides whether to pledge his international future to Ireland or England.