Jack Grealish calls Finlay, 11, after pulling off his goal celebration at World Cup

In the FaceTime conversation yesterday, Finlay Fisher told Jack Grealish: ‘I liked your goal.’ (Picture: @England)

A football super-fan was thrilled to FaceTime Manchester City star Jack Grealish a day after a goal was dedicated to him.

Finlay Fisher, 11, has been the talk of the World Cup after Grealish pulled the goal celebration the young boy asked for during England’s 6-2 win over Iran on Monday.

Grealish, who scored the final goal in the group match thrashing, posted a photo of the moment he did wiggly arms and blew a kiss.

He added the caption ‘for you Finlay’, accompanied by a heart.

In the FaceTime conversation yesterday, Finlay told Grealish: ‘I liked your goal.’

The footballer replied: ‘You liked the celebration more!’

Grealish then joked Finlay was now ‘famous’ after being ‘everywhere’, before the boy said: ‘I thought you’d forgotten.’

The pair met recently after Finlay, who has cerebral palsy, wrote Grealish a letter when he discovered the footballer’s sister, Hollie, also has the condition.

Finlay said seeing the celebration was ‘like a dream come true’ (Picture: @England)

The England star did wiggly arms and blew a kiss in Finlay’s honour after scoring the country’s sixth goal on Monday (Picture: AMA / Getty Images)

The pair met recently after Finlay, who has cerebral palsy, wrote Grealish a letter when he discovered the footballer’s sister, Hollie, also has the condition (Picture: Optus Sport / YouTube)

Finlay often falls due to his condition and was in hospital for a leg injury on Monday – and only just made it back in time to watch the match.

Speaking alongside his dad Dan Fisher, he told BBC Breakfast seeing the celebration was ‘like a dream come true’.

‘In the morning I injured my leg, so I had to go to A&E, but thankfully I got back 10 minutes before the match started,’ he explained.

‘I finally got back, and he scored. I was jumping around, or trying to jump.

‘At first I thought he wouldn’t remember, but when he did it, I was like: “Oh my God, he’s done the worm.”

‘It feels like a dream come true, I can’t say how happy I am. I’ve still not got over it yet.’

Finlay said seeing his hero was ‘like meeting Superman’.

‘I couldn’t believe it, I was star-struck,’ he said. ‘When you meet your idol, it’s like meeting Superman or Batman, you can’t imagine it.

‘He wanted to come and see me in his spare time, so I really want to thank him for that.’

Dad Dan said although he’s a Manchester United fan, he has ‘a lot of respect’ for Grealish.

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The England star did wiggly arms and blew a kiss in Finlay’s honour after scoring the country’s sixth goal on Monday.