Everton have agreed a deal to sign Jack Grealish on loan from Manchester City. The move is close to completion, with the England international set for a medical today. His best spell came in 2022-23, when he made 50 appearances during City’s treble-winning season, starting every Champions League knockout game.
00:00Everton have agreed a deal to sign Jack Grealish on loan from Manchester City.
00:07The move is close to completion with the England international set for a medical today.
00:12An option to buy worth around £50 million will be included.
00:17Talks between the clubs began last week with Grealish keen on a fresh start after falling down the pecking order at the Etihad.
00:24The 29-year-old has a contract until 2027 but only made 16 starts in all comps last season, just seven in the Premier League.
00:34He was left out of City's final league game against Fulham and did not travel to the United States for this summer's Club World Cup.
00:42Pep Guardiola has often preferred Phil Foden, Savino, Jeremy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne, Ewan Marmouche and Bernardo Silva in attacking areas.
00:50Grealish joined City from boyhood club Aston Villa in 2021 for a British record fee.
00:57He's made 157 appearances, scoring 17 goals and providing 23 assists, winning three Premier League titles, the Champions League, FA Cup and Club World Cup.
01:08His best spell came in that treble winning season, making 50 appearances, starting every Champions League knockout game.
01:17He would make Everton's fifth summer arrival after Tieno Barry, Mark Travers, Adam Asnu and Keenan Dewsbury-Hall.
01:27Conor Sakharaz has also joined permanently after a loan spell.
01:32Everton, who had the Premier League's fourth best defence last season, have long lacked an attacking talisman.
01:39At his best, Grealish could fill that role under David Moyes, playing centrally or from the left.
01:44There will be questions over how he fits alongside Ilman and Dye and Dewsbury-Hall, and the team still needs pace and goals from the right.
01:54With Everton expected to pay a large portion of his wages, it's a costly gamble, but one that could define the early tenure of the new owners, the freaking group.
02:05For Grealish, it's a chance to reignite his career and push for England's World Cup squad in 2026.
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