Leyton Orient's Jordan Graham has sent a hilarious message to Manchester City's Jack Grealish, who he played with in Aston Villa's academy.

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• Grealish catches up with old friend Graham
• Duo played together at Aston Villa's academy
• Catch up after Man City's win over Leyton Orient

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Manchester City barely squeaked past League One side Leyton Orient in the fourth round of the FA Cup as the Premier League champions came back from a first-half deficit with goals from Abdukodir Khusanov and Kevin de Bruyne. Grealish started the clash and played the full 90 minutes at Brisbane Road.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Leyton Orient's Graham has not been a major part of Richie Wellen's plans this season and was not in the O's squad for their Manchester City clash. However, the 29-year-old was able to watch on from the stands at Brisbane Road as his former teammate Grealish took on his side. Graham and Grealish played together in Aston Villa's youth system from 2002 to 2013 before the two were promoted to the Villains' first team but never played together with the senior side as Graham went out on multiple loans.

• WHAT GRAHAM POSTED

  Grealish and Graham were able to catch up after Manchester City's win and the latter then posted their photo from the tunnel along with a photo of their youth team at Aston Villa and wrote: "A whole 20 years ago we started this journey!!! We was some bad lookin’ youts bro, actually, I was alright still I can’t lie. It was a pleasure to see you play live yesterday family. I wish I could have been out there with you. Wholesome stuff. Where does the time go? Keep doing your stuff my boy I’m proud of you."

  Grealish reposted the photo and commented on his Instagram story: "Time flies, son!"

• WHAT NEXT FOR GREALISH?

  The 29-year-old has not been a major part of Pep Guardiola's plans at Manchester City this season either and Grealish could end up opting to move away from the Etihad in the summer.

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