Everton is getting closer than ever to borrow Man City's star Jack Grealish in a season, when the 29 -year -old midfielder agreed to move to the Merseyside region.
The Toffees had 5 new contracts this summer, the most recently midfielder Kernan Dewsbury-Hall from Chelsea, who impressed in the last friendly match against Roma on Saturday.
Coach David Moyes still wants to add personnel before the market is closed, and Greealish is the top goal. In an important step, Teamtalk confirmed that Grealish agreed with the words to sign a borrowing contract with Everton. This is a very happy news for The Toffees, because they had previously feared other clubs would squeeze, especially Tottenham – the team expressed interest after the injury of James Maddison.
With the Greealish “green light”, the remaining problem is that the two clubs agree on the structure of the loan contract. Grealish sees this as an ideal opportunity to play regularly, thereby impressing England Thomas Tuchel before the 2026 World Cup.
The negotiations between Everton and Man City are still happening, and within The Toffees increasingly confident that the deal will succeed, although this is definitely not a cheap contract.
Man City wants to minimize the salary of 300,000 pounds/week to pay if grewing, so the discussions are focusing on this issue. Everton proposed a borrowed fee of about 10-12 million pounds, paying 70-80% of the player's salary, with a 30 million pound purchase term. This is a great effort of the port city club, because the salary of 300,000 pounds/week of the current Grealish is far beyond the salary structure of the Everton team.
Greealish was not on the list of Man City's FIFA Club World Cup and was also named by Pep Guardiola in a friendly match against Palermo on Saturday. Man City is ready to leave Grealish, despite spending a record fee of the £ 100 million club to buy him from Aston Villa in 2021. Last season, Greealish scored 3 goals and had 5 assists for Man City, and could be a great plan for Everton on both wings or attacking midfielders.
Although Tottenham's ability or another club “hit” at the last minute cannot be excluded, Everton is still the number one candidate to recruit Grealish this summer.