Everton reach agreement with Manchester City for Jack Grealish loan

You never know in football.

He can carry the ball, turn defenders and get in crosses as well as score goals. Surely Everton will get big benefits from his inputs.

However, I hope that Everton have a send back clause in the contract, should he fall off the wagon.

This is excellent news!

A world class £100m player at Everton. Yes fucking please! 😎

It's still negative and miserable. People like to suck all the joy out of things these days in order to make a point. It's one of the main reasons why I don't have social media.

Grealish was treated poorly at City. He'll be welcomed at Everton and hopefully played in the middle where he's most effective. I'm delighted with this!

That's good news. Fans of very few clubs ever get to say that.

We don't really know what it's costing per week, but it's fairly low risk. Sky reporting a 50M option - but at 30 he'd have to have become indispensable for that to be worthwhile.

I'm not convinced we've actually replaced him either.

Still need 2 wingers and a striker and these feel like more of a priority.

In other good news Alan Myers says we’re interested in Fatawu. I was saying the other day I think he’d be an excellent alternative to Dibling at half the price.

If he just wanted the cash he could’ve sat in City reserves surely? And Moyes wouldn’t have agreed the move if he didn’t think there was a real chance to get him back to his best. It’s also the sort of name that could encourage others.

Extra creativity to midfield added, now we need a pacy right winger and maybe a striker who actually scores…

Grealish is a great player, ruined by a manager trying to force him into a role his talent does not lend him to. There is no guarantee the move will work out, there never is, but given Grealishs' attributes I am very confident it will.

So just for clarification, in case you don’t understand SAVINHO will be on more than 40k a week, 2m a year

I can tell you no chance is a Brazilian international, at Man City is only is on 2m a year.

If I’m wrong I’ll hold my hands up and apologise.

Where’s your source?

And please don’t quote capology (or whatever it’s called) at me

I think comparisons to Ginola, Hughes and Gazza for Grealish are wide of the mark but only time will tell.

My thinking is that Grealish would be a mistake, like John 62. But if Simon Jordan says that also, I'll probably change my mind.

Fancy a 3 day bender, Jack, to celebrate? We can start in Smokey Mo's.

Comparisons to Gazza et al are laughable, they really are.

Overweight? He really isn't. A drunk? I don't believe that either.

I guess you'll sit there in silence if and when he scores a goal, sets one up or beats a man. What a crock.

Don't think he's had a new deal yet since signing for city.

Gibson, VDM, Drenthe…..

Hope this is the one that proves the exception to the rule!!

Doesn't mean I think it's the right move. I'd be made up if I'm wrong though and he lights up the Dock.

No, the future is the here and now. Change the culture, change the view of Everton and do it immediately.

You realise what a joke we're seen as from the outside by many don't you? Anyone under about 35 only knows us as a tin pot operation playing in a shitty old wooden stadium.

Well here's to a brave new world. One I've been carping on about for years. Finally.

Now I just hope we drop those god awful old songs on match days that make me cringe.

They (capology) had Everton wage bill at 65m for season 24/25 which is total rubbish.

How do we know this? Well the official Everton accounts say the wage bill is 156 million

We clearly need creativity in this team, we need goals, and we need excitement. Will any of it happen? Hell if I know. But adding Grealish to KDH, some unknown RW with pace — because we have no choice but to take a chance on someone out wide — plus an unknown right back. That starting XI might actually get us excited for the first time in a long time.

It leaves McNeil and Alcaraz on the bench when everyone is healthy, but that’s just fine, even if both players are likable and have done some good things. Everyone calling for another striker, I don’t see it happening. Beto and Barry are going to have to find a way to put away chances that will now be more available.

UTFT!

Therefore, why would we pay £50M for him next year, when he's a year older and worth £16.66M on their books? Can someone cleverer explain to me why I'm wrong?

that view has certainly gained traction over there

"In one. Fall over close to the angle of the penalty, get an underserved free kick and summon up the team of grocks. They’ll be playing two freakishly tall forwards as well so you can see the direction their’project’ is heading"

Some depressing comments on here before he’s even signed or kicked a ball.

Doomed if we sign, doomed if we don’t sign.

Moshiri and the biggest con artist of all time aren’t around anymore. Yet, you’d think they were with some of the comments.

Get behind the player, ffs.
He’s better than McNeil on 1 leg and 10 pints down.

“You build a flash new stadium, you need flash new players yet some people want 'young players with sell on value' and 'players for the future'.”

The ONLY way we can reach top 4 again is by buying players for the future, scouting them well and offering them opportunities the top 6 won’t. You do not reach parity with the top teams only by getting players who are no longer good enough for them.

I think/hope Grealish will do well and you can’t have a team with only youngsters of course but the likes of Newcastle reached CL by mainly buying younger talents like Guimares, Isak, Hall, Livramento, Botman, Gordon, Tonali, Barnes, Minteh etc with a smattering of cheap older players like Burn, Trippier etc.

Hopefully Grealish can help us get up the league but if we ever want to eat at the top table again we’ll need to develop some future stars to go with the fading ones.

I’d say amazing upgrade

From the sound of it, our maximum outlay is £12m.

The difference in prize money between finishing 9th in the Premier League as opposed to 13th? £12m.

Let’s just hope Moyes can beat out the negative passing back that he had to do at City to recycle the ball. Jacks at his best going at players and trusting himself with the ball

We have 3 weeks to do that - and also maybe pick up others too.

Still a long way to go but could be an exciting finish. Some pace please for the right flank TFG!

Having said all this, I hope and pray that I am completely wrong and he proper rips it up in an Everton shirt.

Do you not think we will go with O Brien and buy a back up right back?

Interested to hear your thoughts on the Norwich lad ?

If he can hit the same heights he achieved with Villa, then we have a real player on our
hands.

I can understand there will be some doubters but I am more than happy to give him a chance to prove his detractors wrong

Scott @93, I get frustrated when I hear stability. Not aimed at you, it's just you brought the word up!!

Also when I hear that 10-12th will be a good return. That's little or no progress on last season.

Brentford have lost key players and a manager. Brighton have brought a few in, but lost Pedro. Bournemouth have lost two key players. Even Palace stand to lose Eze and their captain, Gushi.

My point is, we can't strive for higher and leap frog those teams.

All I was pointing out was that a modest move up the table, influenced by Grealish’s on-pitch performance, would cover the cost of the loan deal, making it a no-brainer.

Because according to all reports Grealish is a top lad.

And reports have been he’s wanted Everton all summer?

Heard a lot of frankly bollocks about him being a alcy, prima Donna, bad trainer, disruptive, dressing room killer.
Can't see Moyes having that!

He's going to be more effective than lindstrom, Harrison and dacoure combined.
I'd bet he will be our assist leader at the end of the season if we keep him fit and playing regularly.

He's finally at a big club !

Really? If being an integral part of winning 3 league titles, the Champions League & the FA Cup in 4 seasons constitutes doing nothing, then I hope he continues doing sweet sod-all for Everton!

There were several reports from various sources in the media that he didn't want to come to Everton and that he had said some negative things about David Moyes style of football and wouldn't want to play for him. I know that could just be media talk, Ryan, as I know they do make stuff up.

But my best source is from a friend who is a life long City fan whose son is one of the physios at City. Info from him was that Grealish was hanging out for a 'better club', but as time was ticking, I guess he didn't want to be stuck in the City reserves team.

As I say, I would be very happy to eat my words and see him rip it up. 👍

I'm sure that by the time we get to play Leeds ToffeeWeb posters will have put me right in that he's actually a washed up piss head.
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What does that even mean? Isn't that exactly what Simon Jordan alleges he is becoming? e.g. wasting his career away drinking and partying? Grealish has had a better career than Gazza. Gazza won one FA cup although he was strechered off after injuring himself doing a reckless tackle in the final. That apart he had a few years of success in Scotland, and two England semi appearances. Grealish was won literally every club trophy there is to win and played in a final for England. He also is still playing so can do more.

Let's hope he doesn't play him at right-back. 🤣😂

You've also got to think he won't have 10 men behind the ball like he has at Man City.

The Bobble says he's been in talks with Everton since May and he could have gone to other clubs but wanted Everton.
br>Let's see what happens…

City have teams camped on the edge of their own box, passing side to side, looking for the perfect pass. The Grealish I liked was breaking from the centre of midfield running with the ball.

Re your somewhat unnecessary disparaging comment about him hanging about and my source of information:

He has known for some time that Man City wanted to sell him. They haven't just 'sprung' that on him, have they? No other club, other than maybe Spurs, have shown any interest in signing him, have they?

So there he is, knowing Man City want shut and there is no sign of a 'better club' than Everton being interested in him?

So, although Everton have only made a recent approach, and he is apparently 'itching' to get to do a medical, is that because he is 'itching' to play for us? Or just get out of City? What is your source that he is 'itching' to play for us? Some media talk or have you spoken to him yourself, or is it just some fat bloke down the pub?

My source was genuine and is at Man City.

I try to avoid it, but I too can be disparaging about comments. "Treat people as they treat you" is my motto.

First two seasons, he was integral part of trophy winning, European conquering side, appearing in most matches. No mean feet in a squad with a luxury of choices.

Second 2 seasons, he dropped off and didnt play as much.

Hopefully he comes to us with a personal point to prove.

If he was "holding out for a better club" so what? Who wouldn't? I mean he is not an Everton fan, has no prior connection to the club. Obviously, like anyone he will weigh his options then pick the one that is best. Realistically, there won't be many players who immediately say "I want to join Everton even if Real Madrid or anyone else come in for me."

And as far as supposed reservations about Moyes? Well again, any time I have weighed job offers, I've wondered about my new boss and sometimes have taken jobs despite thinking it wouldn't necessarily be the ideal working relationship.

This all just seems like a mountain out of a mole hill.

And I would also say that Napoli at this moment is one of the best teams in Europe. Or would your friend disagree?

Yes, that is a good point. We do play completely differently to Man City. I do really hope that he gets to enjoy playing a different style which may… may bring out the best in him.

I hope for the sake of our team that I am wrong and the all those who are welcoming the signing are right. But he still won't be my favourite player, as I don't like divers either!! 😅

‘Party time is over for Jack Grealish at Manchester City'. That's the headline from Sky Sports News. In other words, coming to us is a step down. We'll soon find out how eager Jack is to prove he is still a top player after 2 years of underperformance. As he is 30 next month, he has no time to waste.

We are in such dire need of an uplift in quality in attack,I really hope this gamble pays off. But it is a gamble. Paying £50M next summer for a 31-year-old would be an even bigger gamble. That would be money we could never hope to recoup. As we have seen in the recent past that's the road to financial trouble and points deductions.

Another thing, we have fucked about with Southampton, telling them, no, £50M for a 19-year-old (right) winger, which we need, but we will consider paying £50M for a 30-year-old… unbelievable!

As far as I'm concerned, he's a Hollywood signing, and he's been brought in by the owners, because if this is Mr Masters's mate Kinnear's signing, then Moyes has no say in transfers.

Can you imagine Grealish going from laying in the middle of a road in Spain, drunk, holding tightly on to a grand's worth bottle of vodka — to running up and down sand dunes in Formby… no, and neither can I.

I also can't see him contributing anything of note to the team other than publicity, and maybe the odd arrest for speeding, drink-driving, or not turning up for training, as opposed to not turning up to do anything of note on the pitch.

We have reverted to the Moshiri years: high-profile players brought in for huge wages and no sell-on profit. Oh, mind you, we could bring out the old, arm round the shoulder, we are doing everything to help the lad, when he's fucked up. We are getting him all the help we can, after all, he's one of us.

Think of the publicity, Everton to continue to pay Grealish his full wage and medical bills, while he's in Austria, in a £1,000-a-night clinic, recuperating from his mental problems.

The more things change, the more things stay he same. At least we won't have to put up with Dyche and his favourite, "He's on the grass," or maybe that would be appropriate as Grealish probably would be.

At his best Grealish is a world class player who very rarely loses the ball, has a good football brain, and at worst gains a free-kick in dangerous areas.

He also has a reputation for partying and we don't know how much of a toll that has taken on him as he ages but, from all accounts, he has been training really hard to reach peak fitness.

I have to confess that, earlier in the window, I did not want him here… but seeing as how the window has gone so far, I believe he will improve the quality we have, and his signing will encourage more players to want to join "The project".

1) I don't drink, so I don't go down the pub. And 2) I'm pretty sure that if I made a sexist comment towards you, I would end up being banned from this site, and rightly so.

Not that I would stoop that low though.

None of that is true at all. From what I know of Jack Grealish, he's actually hugely well-liked, very down to earth, and not a prima donna at all.

I'd like to know where you've got that from? There's zero evidence of that. Just because Man City paid £100M for him doesn't automatically mean he's a bad person or something you've entirely made your own mind up about.

All the things I've ever seen or read about him tell completely the opposite story.

Kind, well-meaning, thoughtful even. There's been loads of footage of him being kind to little kids, spending time with supporters etc. Quite the contrary of what you seem to claim.

It seems to me there are a lot of people who just want to tear everything down and lack the ability to see any good in a situation – just because it feels good to knock people. It's a lot like the way the media attack people for no reason other than to sell papers.

Welcome to Everton

To buy him after this season for £50M is insane for a 30-year-old midfielder who is over the hill.

Let's give the player a chance and see how he plays. Hopefully we will have a winner; if not, then the whining will resume.

As for Jack not having the right attitude, Moyes only brings players in with the right work ethic; he does his research and if he thought for a minute he was not going to put it all in, then he would not be wearing the shirt.

Jack has a career reset; he is nearly 30 and he is in the last chance saloon, therefore he has to put it all in at Everton; otherwise, he won't be going to the USA next summer for sure.

I can't see how we can lose with this player, £12M loan deal, Man City paid £100M for him then played him in the wrong position. Pepe a tactical genius? Give me a break… Moyes will show him what he should have done.

Get the right wing sorted with an exciting player and we are going to get a great watch down at HDS.

No, there are no guarantees, but I imagine he'll probably be the most talented outfield player we've had since James R. It's very exciting.

People talk so much rubbish. I remember the first thread on Grealish included a post to the effect of 'I'm not going to comment because it's never going to happen' which was (a) a comment and (b) wrong.

As for not being a Moyes type player, I sort of see what folk mean, but I think Moyes has changed slightly. The football we saw last season was a bit more progressive than I'd expected. Though maybe that was all an illusion caused by watching so much Dycheball beforehand.

I can then log onto the Live Forum to learn just how shite he is.

I'd love to see him running past the Kop after scoring - giving them the Sheedy Salute.

Dibling next please!!

Actually I was shocked when he went to Man City in the first place as I didn't see his style fitting in with their game. But it did work – and also it kept him out of the clutches of City's main wealthy rivals.

There will be no obligation to buy, just a pre-arranged price which satisfies the bean counters. What we really need now is a great free-kick specialist to take advantage of the inevitable kicking that Grealish will take as defenders take turns to chop him down.

I'm delighted with this signing. Finally, a player happy with the ball at his feet, able to pick a pass, eye for the odd goal, works hard. Even with half his available talent, he's our best player.

So what if he was holding out for a club in the top half of the table? He is here now, and it's not like he hadn't a few weeks left to see what came in. Give the lad a chance… less of the negativity for once!!

His inclusion is defo worth more places up the table for the season.

My piss-head comment was meant in jest.

He is costing no more than £12M this year, same as Calvert-Lewin and Doucoure. That's not a lot of money for a Premier League team.

As for being "bombed" out of Man City and "jettisoned" by Pep etc... Modern star players never expect to stay at Champions League winning teams for their whole career!

They work hard to get there, stay there for maybe 5 years and then go somewhere else. Sometimes to another Champions League team, sometimes to another "project", with the intention of getting them to a European competition.

Diaz has just left Liverpool, does that mean he's finished, been abandoned and bombed out by Slot? What about Rashford? Is he a terrible footballer now that he's no longer at Man Utd and is instead out on loan?

Jack has perhaps already reached his peak (because you can't win more than everything!) but that doesn't mean he can't plateau at a very high level with us for a few years to come.

If someone offered us a £100M player on a 5-year deal and he ended up leaving for free at the end, the that would work out as £20M per year in fees alone plus annual wages on top (of between £8M and £16M per annum) - so that's between £28M and £36M per year all in.

That makes this deal a good deal even it's only for a year. And it'll boost confidence and get our new youngsters around him to up their game and improve.

He may need a couple of competitive games to get up to speed in his new team role, but he will be putting defenders on the back foot, he will win free kicks around the box, all-crowd pleasing stuff. So now we need the set-piece coach and the dead-ball maestro to step up...

One year only, let's enjoy that much. There's got to be some good stuff coming from this guy, he's not done yet.

"From what I hear, Jack Grealish has gone ‘above and beyond' to make this deal happen; he really wants to join Everton."

Dewsbury-Hall will cost about £30M. That's a cost of £500k a month in amortisation plus wages. If he's on £80-100k a week, that's another £500k a month broadly. Over 12 months, that's £1M a month.

Grealish will cost us between £6 to £12M, depending on who you believe. So the cost is in line with Dewsbury-Hall.

Obviously Alan didn't talk to the Man City physios.

Having played for Villa, including 3 seasons in the Championship, and Man City, I'm sure he's used to a bit of fitness training. As well as taking a lot of stick on the pitch and from the stands.

He's an Everton player now, so I'm looking forward to seeing him play for us and will judge him on that.

“There were several reports from various sources in the media that he didn't want to come to Everton.”

I'm all over everything Everton in the media every day and haven't seen any comments purportedly from Grealish to that effect. In fact I have read in some articles that Everton were his preferred choice.

Furthermore, he's apparently regularly seen helping disabled children (his sister is disabled) and, whatever he was like when young, I'm sure he's grown up now.

This is a great move with no real downside. We bring in the highest-quality attacking player we've had since Lukaku, at a one-year outlay of £12M.

The upside is he comes in motivated to make the World Cup squad, plays his ass off, gives us a frontline that makes defenders backpedal, wins us some games, and lifts butts off the seats in the new stadium.

Or he doesn't play well and all we get for the £12M is a spark off the bench late in games. I'll take that risk/reward equation all day long.

I do expect this to be a one-year thing, that's all. If he succeeds, he'll be off to some Champions League club, which we won't be for a while. If he fails, we just send him back to Man City. But either way, this makes this season a whole lot more fun.

To all those having a pop at him for being overweight or on the booze, from the recent posts on there, you're all talking nonsense.

Also, he doesn't track back like Moyes demands. Good that we swerved.

I think he'll put in a good shift for us.

Would love to see us go for the Palace right-back Munoz.

Certainly isn't unrealistic; if we can get Grealish on loan alongside the KDH signing, it's possible imo.

Maybe an older striker around 30 years old, for a small fee, just to help out when needed?

Oh, and tell Southampton to fuck off.

Not moaning at the Grealish cost, it is what it is.

We have players to track back and defend.
We have players to tackle.

Because he wears a hair band, it doesn't make him a prima donna!
Because he goes to Ibiza and has a holiday and enjoys himself (like most in their 20s), it doesn't make him an alcoholic!
Pep doesn't want him at Man City… doesn't make him a bad player!

I'm all for players showing a bit of character, rather that than some of the robots playing the game now!

This one can. Make it happen, Jack. Don't fuck about.

Folks in the South Stand will have “Grealish” calf's in a few games time. And Roberto Carlos thighs!

Cole Palmer, as an example.

Some on here are still negative. Sick people who would never be happy.

Pienaar and Baines combining with the likes of Osman and Arteta was probably the last time I remember enjoying watching Everton – other than the 80s. Maybe a little shout-out to Barkley, Mirallas, Deulofeu, and Lukaku.

Rather than moaning, let's maybe enjoy the fact that we will have more than Ndiaye to watch and excite the crowd. With him, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish and maybe Dibling on the right, we could finally watch some entertaining football.

God knows we deserve it after some of the dross this fan base has had to endure….

Remember — it's supposed to be a sport… and fun!

Wow! Bring it on! I am old enough to remember a time when this is what top footballers were about. I didn't think it was possible to admire wee Jack even more than I already did! Hopefully, there will be a fair bit of womanising too.

Make no mistake, this is a lad in his prime, not some dead beat out to make a last wage packet. Anyway, unlike the overrated phoney Dele Alli, we aren't obliged to pay him other than for one season, but what a season it promises to be. Hold on tight — it promises to be quite a ride! (I dare say someone will, at some stage, claim Jack said that.)

Most of Man City's peripheral players would improve our team and squad.

Welcome, Jack, a few of us around here who think you can be part of a very much improved team and outlook! And, over here, the moaning is not in Catalan, but in Scots!

If he works out, I reckon we'd just get him on loan for a second year and then try to get him on a free the following year.

I guess only time will tell.

Surely someone at the club can hook him up with a better off license.

Doubt whether we'll make it permanent but let's just enjoy the ride.

Dibling must be itching to get here!

I hope he gives himself the opportunity to meet the challenge and become successful. That would be great for everyone.

So let's enjoy it while we can.

And meanwhile there's a great piece in The Guardian today about how Porto pulled off the signing of Luuk de Jong without anybody knowing about it, introducing the player in front of a stunned but ecstatic crowd before their pre-season friendly last weekend!

Never a single leak from the player's family or entourage, the club, the lawyers, the medicos, anybody. They evaded the airport watchers and the car park poachers. His teammates were shocked when he walked into the changing room.

Don't you kinda miss the old days?

Michael said, "Just strolls about waving his hands in the air, dives, and generally looks like a twat in that hair band".

I don't agree with anything that Michael said, but I suppose it just shows how fans can have very different views on players even one as successful, and I defend his right to air his views. I just hope that it's you and not me eating humble pie at the end of the season.

As Richard Keyes said, he'd be the best Everton #10 since Duncan McKenzie and those of us old enough remember actuality seeing Duncan walk on water.

We need players with skill and creativity, not just hard working donkeys like Doucoure, Harrison, Young etc….

It's got Duncan McKenzie Gordon Lee vibes all over it!

Personally, I'm delighted! I never expected any big name signings — and Jack Grealish is most certainly a statement signing!

I was reading how he's one of those players who seems to raise his game when he feels loved. Well, I know most Blues will adore him and he'll feel the same back.

Personally, I can't wait to see him in a Royal Blue shirt.

Nothing as yet. Fingers crossed we get him though. 🤞🤞🤞

Iwobi? Bloody hell!!! 🙄🙄

I must have only been about 8-ish, but Duncan McKenzie was magic. And we all agreed.

Let's hope Jack can find his magic dust and not just become popular, but help make us more competitive and successful.

I did see McKenzie play... for my beloved, lamented Chicago Sting in the early 1980s. May well have met him then, although I don't recall. Definitely met him many years later at Goodison and chatted about those days. Turned out we'd been near neighbors back then.

Annika 190 - As Mike says @194 and also a little bit of close hand knowledge that I have from someone I know. Obviously, I want Kalvin Phillips even less than I do Grealish… but now he's here, I want him to be a hit.

But I'll probably still make jokes about his fondness for a bender or two.

I believe by the end of this window we will be Top 6 or 7 for offensive play. Looks like I might need to renew my passport after all. Top 7 for me.

Lots of the teams who finished above us last season are losing their best players or managers, or will be involved in the European competitions which should push their squads to the limit.

I've not been looking forward so much for a season to start for years. COYMB.

Grealish will entertain us and frustrate us at times. It's what gifted footballers do.

Grealish is a top player with something to prove and Moyes is the right man to get a tune out of him. Still think we're short at full-back, right-wing and more goals up top.

Top player and better than current players by miles. Would you rather have Ducoure, Harrison? Absolute no-brainer.

Welcome and good luck to the fella, I'm made up he's coming.

We are still short of a right-back, cover at left-back, and a wide player with pace. Not sure that all our recruitment has been well thought-out but time will tell.

They all liked a fag and a ciggie but they were entertainers as well. At the end of the day, football is entertainment, isn't it?

If players of that ilk are your favourites, you'll enjoy a great book by Paulo Hewitt, called The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story.

A cracking read about a largely unknown footballer.

Then they're done, and we have a couple more options on another loan.

I'll check that book out, James. Cheers.

Love him or hate him, Joey Barton was one of the last desperados. Shame he's such a knobhead.

My abiding memory of Duncan McKenzie is seeing him beating man after man as he dribbled across... the half-way line.

The crowd loved it but I'm not too sure Gordon Lee felt quite the same!

If you want to drink and smoke through your career nowadays you end up looking like Wayne Rooney who looks 60 and he's not even 40. Or Charlie 'The Human Pumpkin' Adam.

They are finely tuned athletes now. Everything is monitored and measured. You just couldn't last in the modern game if you carried on like Frank Worthington et al.

Although Frank always has a place in my heart for failing his medical at the RS because he had an STD! Try Frank's biography 'One Hump or 2'. Its very funny.

Guardiola obviously doesn't think Grealish can make a difference to his side anymore, so let us all hope Grealish is up for the challenge with Everton and takes this BIG opportunity to rediscover his form and bring it !!
COYB.

I totally agree with the comments of each of you regarding the negatives of recruiting Grealish. Additionally I find it difficult to imagine that David Moyes, in his heart of hearts, is remotely enthusiastic about the prospect of Grealish joining the squad. Without doubt Grealish was a very talented player for the majority of his time at Villa but, arguably, his best days are long behind him.

Robin would fight anyone, on the pitch or off it, but never took advantage of a person, never picked his mark.

I bought that book cheap on E bay, lent it out to a mate, still waiting for it to come back which reminds me I lent Duncan’s ( Ferguson) book out and I hope I don’t get it back!

Chris, do you think Moyes accepted Grealish under duress? If this is true, Moyesy, blink twice during your next presser.

This could open up the player market for us.

First XI

F: Beto
LW: Ndiaye
RW: Grealish
AM: Dewsbury-Hall
CM: Gueye
DM: Garner
LB: Mykolenko
RB: ?
CB: Branthwaite
CB: Tarkowski
GK: Pickford

That looks pretty good! But it also looks very narrow and a bit slow. A fast, galloping right back unlocks the true potential of this First XI - going on the outside of Grealish and creating the passing option / carrying the ball forward on the counter.

My completely uninformed guess is that we will get Rensch on loan from Roma.

Second XI

F: Barry
LW: McNeil
RW: Dibling (or other)
AM: Alcaraz
CM: Armstrong
DM: Iroegbunam
LB: Aznou
RB: Coleman / Patterson
CB: Keane
CB: O'Brien
GK: Travers

That looks patchy! Barry, Dibling, Alcaraz and O'Brien in particular would be pushing for the First XI spot (and may well gain the spot too). McNeil is versatile and decent. Aznou and Armstrong are talented. But... we are very, very light in defensive midfield positions - and a bit shit (sorry Seamus) at RB.

This would be fixed by a loan for someone like Gallagher - relegating Garner to the Second XI. They've exceeded their non-EU quota at Atletico so it could happen. Otherwise, maybe Dion Lopy is coming (as per rumours).

Maybe we'll also get the young lad Fisher from Norwich to replace the (surely?) outgoing Patterson.

If we can do that sort of business we will have the best squad since Martinez rebuilt the team the summer after Moyes left. That was good team.

Is there any evidence he's anything but professional? He's always seemed full of personality, but I've never seen anything to suggest he's out partying when he should be training.

He's not the first player to be moved on by Guardiola simply because he's not the right fit.

The media seem unanimous that this is a great move for both Everton and Grealish. He's 29 and still a top player.

I thought John Rafferty @ (141) sent in the most sensible post and I agree with most of it!

There has always been so much talk of the Holy Trinity, but I always saw our midfield of the late 1960s as a quartet. Morrisey was the get-out ball on the left wing, he had the ability to hold onto the ball for 4-5 seconds, a huge amount of time amid the pace of a hectic game. Trevor Steven could do it in the 80s. Grealish did exactly the same thing for City in the year they won the lot.

We badly need someone who can do that, bringing others into the game. It may not be as spectacular as taking on two or three players, but it’s a great quality.

Pete #241, agreed and a great point. And I believe it gives us one outlet on each side for that crucial function, because I've seen Ndiaye improve rapidly in that area. As we saw Saturday, when he held the ball in a dangerous area for a good five seconds and then brilliantly dismasted two defenders with that backheel.

No chance Moyes has a player forced on him.

BTW, what is a ‘Moyes’ player?

Re your question as to whether I think David Moyes is accepting Grealish under duress, I believe David is very much a pragmatist.

He may well fully appreciate that, since the appointment of Angus Kinnear, Nick Hammond and James Smith et al to influential positions within the club hierarchy, the status quo is now very different to that which existed during his previous tenure when he and Bill Kenwright jointly made the player recruitment decisions.

Conceivably, he is acutely aware that he has to accept this marquee signing, arguably decided upon on by others, as one of the requirements for retaining his position, even if he has his doubts about Grealish's ability to improve the squad.

Hopefully he will relish a change of scenery and a change of manager, albeit only for one season, but who knows? Moyes has already said he’s one of the most exciting players he’s seen, and I don’t think Moyes would be signing him if he didn’t want him.

From a supporters perspective, I think a lot would agree with you, but there will be different opinions.

You know as well as me, it's not as clear cut as having a first eleven and second eleven, it has increasingly become a squad game.

From the managers perspective, and focussing on the midfield, he now has options. There will be a number of factors influencing his decisions.

1. Availability. Injuries, suspensions, AFCON.
2. Form. Dropping a player after a poor run.
3. Who we are playing and the formation he wants to use.

The positive is that he now has the ability to change things unlike last season, where it was rigidly fixed, through no fault of Moyes.

Interestingly, I observed in the first half against Roma, that Ndiaye (LM) and Alcaraz (RM) switched sides for a period.

Also, from what I have heard and read, Dewsbury-Hall can comfortably play in a more defensive role if required.

Again, plenty of options in the middle of the park.

RB: JOB

CB: Tarky

CB: Branthwaite

LB: Mykolenko

MF: Gana

MF: KDH

LW: Grealish

10: Ndiaye

RW: Dibling (hopefully)

CF: Barry

No chance Jake O Brien doesn’t play and no chance Grealish plays on the right wing

So long as he turns up with the right attitude (which I think he will), then this could prove to be a huge signing for us.

I agree with Robert #236 that the key might be to add one more player with genuine pace to really take us up another level. But we're definitely getting there. Love the KDH signing too. He's going to be superb.

Pep has always been a bit weird too in terms of hailing and heavily using someone all season then come the next season they're benched or frozen out. For example Sterling, Cancelo, happened with Stones and others too. It is almost as if he gets bored with people or doesn't want them getting too big for their boots?

Some people’s opinions are weird

Some have very short memories. Dont forget this is the club that signed Sandro and Maupay I'm surprised National Geographic havent done a disaster documentary on those two alone.

We've made some really good signings for the present and the future. If Grealish had not wanted to come here he wouldn't have. Lets for once be fucking positive.

This narrative he’s this pissed up, past it player, being compared to Ginola and Gazza doesn’t make sense

If we spend another 60 or 70 million on Dibling and a right back, I can see McNeil or Garner going if an offer of £20M plus comes in for either.

The Friedkins are clearly commercially minded and may want to see some income to balance out the expenditure.

Glad Jack is joining though, one way or another we will be talking about him in decades to come.

He is a calibre of player that all opposition will worry about. We have added another player who looks after the ball well. Both of these factors will benefit team mates around him that are not at his level.

I see this as a really smart use of the loan system to get a top class footballer that would otherwise be way beyond our means to sign on a permanent basis.

I really hope he stays fit, a risk for any player whether loaned or otherwise. At least he joins us in that condition which is more than could be said for the absurd recruitment of Broja last season.

Ryan you might be right about the formation / personnel but I hope you are not because it lacks runners / pace on the outside - and KDH / Gueye (both good at their preferred roles) are not good at sitting and holding (Garner is probably better than both of them at this specific role - and he is not exactly Claude Makalele).

Most new players need a few weeks to settle in and learn how to play together. Grealish will have barely a week. Any other new players will have even less, or not play for a couple of league games.

Hopefully the team gels fast!

Grealish is box office, and Evertonians I reckon are going to love him.

I hope and feel he'll light up the new ground. It feels exciting to be an Evertonian for a change doesn't it?

Are there reports of him partying during the season? Turning up late or hung over for training?

He's featured in over 150 games for City in four seasons. Do you think Pep would have played him that much if he wasn't a top professional with a great attitude?

I don't.

I am not suggesting that David Moyes was "forced " to accept a player he didn't want and that is not the view I wanted to convey.

However, I am of the opinion that David is a pragmatist and arguably, did not want to rock the boat by openly being negative about Grealish if, subsequently, he may be able persuade the owners to make further investments in a number of the younger, talented prospects he has identified before the deadline.

For several years after the sacking of Martinez, and throughout the recruitment of a succession of poor managers, with the notable exception of Ancelloti, I argued on many threads within ToffeeWeb for the reappointment of David Moyes. I was extremely relieved that TFG recruited him after the dismissal of Dyche and feel strongly that the preservation of our Premier League status is a direct consequence of his appointment.

However, I retain the view that there are occasions that the football manager and the executive management of the club have differing opinions on player recruitment and that compromise has to be reached.

Perhaps you may now consider that my rationale is not as bizarre as you first thought ?

Because this doesn’t seem like it

‘ Jack Grealish has gone 'above and beyond' to make his season-long loan move to Everton happen, and has been convinced by David Moyes that the club can provide him with the platform to stake a claim for the England World Cup squad’

I certainly don't recall Martinez 'rebuilding' the team after Moyes left. He had one good season after Moyes left and it was rapidly downhill after that.

Remember Alcaraz, Niasse, Kone, McGeady, Besic, Cleverley etc etc? We were only heading one way and that was the Championship.

Hardly makes them drinking buddies does it?

Yes Moyes will be pleased to have Grealish rather than a lot of other players but I agree with Chris that Moyes would have preferred McAtee based on age and recent "goal scored stats" and the fitness of youth.

I do not think Grealish will be a panacea for our need to increase 'goals scored' problem.

One thing is undeniable Grealish cannot run as fast or long as he would have done at 22. Pep uses similar tactics to Claudio Ranieri when they won the premiership. This means playing players for less than 90 mins before substituting them but during that time they play their best football. That would mean we only play him for 50 or 70 mins in a game or every other game.

This signing may also disturb the harmony of the squad in that other players, Ndiaye and Garner who played well last year may end up playing far less this year.

I was under the impression that our key priorities on the 11th August 2025 was a right full back, a right winger and possibly another attacker in that order and yet we signed yet another midfielder.

Reminds me of when we finally got into the CL and Moyes went off with a key priority to buy an attacker and came back with Marouane Fellaini.

We left that competition very quickly.

There is also absolutely zero support for the theory that the signing was "arguably decided upon on by others", as you wrote at #244, since there is only one man currently above Moyes in the new corporate structure TFG has built for Everton, and that's Angus Kinnear, the CEO who was hired after Moyes.

And to me the idea that Moyes had to accept Kinnear's dictate on Grealish "as one of the requirements for retaining his position" is, and I'm sorry to use that word again, even more bizarre.

Incidentally, James Smith is not yet in situ at Everton -- he doesn't begin work here until next month -- and he worked for Moyes for many years, so I think it's highly unlikely that his thinking and Davey's will be out of alignment. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if Davey called on him to help make this transaction happen.

So while management and manager are definitely not aligned on all transactions at all clubs -- we have multiple recent examples -- in this case, no, I don't think your rationale is rational.

"Reminds me of when we finally got into the CL and Moyes went off with a key priority to buy an attacker and came back with Marouane Fellaini."

Every word of that paragraph is pure nonsense.

"I think it’s the most amazing signing ever for Evertonians, I really do, because… it’s exactly what Jack Grealish needs, he needs to go and play games, he needs to go and be the man. David Moyes called him 3 or 4 years ago one of the best players in the league. He’ll give him a sort of semi-free role, he’ll play with a smile on his face. When you watch Jack Grealish play with a smile… the way he’s got ultra-confidence… he’s got ability we’ve not really seen the last 18 months. But he was still a really successful player at Man City… when they won the Champions League he started the most Champions League games so he was really vital to what Pep needed that year. Now confidence is a huge thing for any footballer… I mentioned Scott McTominay getting nominated for the Ballon d’Or and being MVP over in Italy. This move for Grealish is absolutely perfect, he’ll play every single game… David Moyes will give him that free role where he can try and express himself… I just see a massive win for both parties. It’s a coup for Everton to get him, and I think that Jack Grealish the player, his personality and his character, this is the exact club he needs to go and play for."

I don't think he stopped for breath in that whole stream of consciousness.

It's not a particularly divisive signing, from an Everton perspective.

We'll know by Xmas whether this is an inspired signing or an expensive and potentially disruptive dud.

Ndiaye (hopefully not), McNeil?

Must be a different Moyes than the one that manages us?

Ryan #167, I wonder if going above and beyond went as far as taking a pay cut??

Can't edit #288

Must be a different Moyes than the one that manages us?

Moyes has said all summer he needs more experienced players who don't need to adapt to the premier league Everton started discussions with Grealish in May, and there is no evidence that the club made an official enquiry about McAtee.

Moyes has also said this summer he is working closely with the the CEO on transfer targets in the absence of a Head of Recruitment. His frustration has been about our inability to secure his targets.

Now we need 2 RWs, a no.6, right back and left back.

Gana, Garner, KDH, Tim and young Armstrong are all capable of filling that role.

Eric, quoth Don Hutchison today: "David Moyes will give him that free role where he can try and express himself."

For clarity he said “SEMI free.” Define the parameters on partially free lol. I imagine he will be utilized as a winger by Moyes rather than given free range.

But that 'free rein' also doubled as midfield responsibility. Fill in, plug gaps and be responsible when we don't have the ball. Maybe that's where the semi free rein idea comes from.

I think Moyes was a much more attacking coach than people seem to remember, but he wasn't kamikaze. The structure was geared up to attack, but the structure was still important.

And as for the chickens, I don't know where they come into it.

As for the rest of you doom & gloom merchants, only time will tell, but will you eat humble pie? NO you will wait for Jack to have one bad game and proclaim "I told You SO"

Welcome to a new era Jack.. you show them...

It's not a transfer I wanted, but now he is coming, I will fully support him. I'd be surprised if any Everton fan would take pleasure in him failing.

Yes that's the Moye s method.In place of that lossness I would prefer relentlessness.I am hoping that Grealish releases the ball qucker.Visions of Pienaar carrying the ball iuntackled and given unthreating space still give me nightmares.

The gelliing of players together is going to take time.McNeill for one needs to come up.s few gears.Having a defensive line that knows one another is a good advantage though pace is still a problem in a more attacking formation..Left and right back looks like it is, going to be makeshift., So I expect effort to be put into these areas in the coming weeks.Dibling may still.arrive.

As for Grealish's wages it seems to be replacing Calvert Lewin and Doucoure's wages, while being a better replacement..Moye's and Everton were always the best fit for Grealish and he knew that.

I hear that Calvert Lewin is talking to United, I have already answered a fan query with a sad face.

I did a Google search as I was interested to see how Jesse Lingard had performed at West Ham and spotted this on a BBC report.

Former West Ham defender Matthew Upson told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Everything has gone to plan for David Moyes and West Ham. They have been excellent when they needed to be and the difference is that extra quality from Jesse Lingard.

"What a signing he's been. It's been brilliant for West Ham and for him personally, it's been a great move."

Speaking on MOTD2, former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas, said: "He is having his best season and it is an example of how he feels.

"He has a manager who trusts him, playing in a position that suits him. He is a big player at this football club and he is showing that - he is delivering.

"This is a player playing at the top of his game. When he was at United, he was sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, sometimes deeper. Was he able to play with such freedom as now?

"In my opinion, if West Ham make it to the Champions League, that business of bringing Lingard to the club will be the reason they get there."

Ex-Manchester United captain Roy Keane added on Sky Sports: "He has turned up at West Ham. Having not played much football, he's kept himself in shape. Maybe he took his mind off the ball at [Manchester] United but he is a talented boy and has always had it."

If you swap out the references to Man United for Man City, references to West Ham for Everton, I hope this is how pundits are talking about Jack Grealish at the end of his loan spell.

Steve #292, that was my assumption too before preseason began, but to my eyes both have earned their places in the senior squad. We'll see if Moyes agrees, but if so there won't be any need for Douglas Luiz or that kid Dion Lopy that we inquired about.

Keith #301, the short answer is yes, two teams owned by the same owner are barred from the same European competition, which is why Palace will play in the Conference League next season instead of the Europa League. The longer answer is that by the time we qualify, the rule might have changed.

Am not sure of my facts but if the owners temporarily transfer the shares of one of the clubs to an independent third party then that's ok and it has to be done by a certain time of the season. I assume Palace didn't get themselves sorted whereas Notts Forest saw the potential issue and swapped.

However, no idea how the 'temporary' transfer works because in my basic understanding, whilst both teams in the 'ownership' are in the same competition, the transfer of shares would still be in situ. If one club then gets knocked out, shares could be transferred back. However, if it looks like the following season's competition could also be an issue, the 'temporary' transfer is undertaken again.

Am sure wiser people on here could explain how it works. However, UEFA I imagine will find a way of resolving this in their usual competent way.

“ Visions of Pienaar carrying the ball iuntackled (sic) and given unthreating (sic) space still give me nightmares.”

If Pienaar running with the ball gave you nightmares then god knows what you must have been like this last decade. Pienaar is one of the best Everton players to carry a football in the last 20 years. Very rarely gave it away and drew frequent free kicks. Obviously he wasn’t Kanchelskis, but he was a terrific player who knew how to retain possession.

Mick @299, The only explanation I can suggest is that some supporters (not all), are scarred by living on a thin squad for years. We've debated enough over the need for more quality and depth and now we're starting to get there. I've commented enough, it's just something we need to get used to. There is no first 11. Of course there will be a few nailed on starters if available, but it's a squad. Without counting, I think Moyes is close to his 22 and there will likely be few more to make the 25 before the end of the window.

Ian @306. I too don't know the ins and outs of what would happen if Everton and Roma both qualified for the same European competition. But it is possible; both Manchester clubs (or their owners) gained UEFA approval to enter the same competitions as their respective sister clubs on the continent. Although I think what happened to Palace was a travesty, my understanding is that they failed to get paperwork submitted before the March deadline, so an administrative error.

Mcatee is seemingly moving to Forest, and not for a big fee either. Whether that's because of a buy back option, we will see.

But if Moyes wanted him, then bids would have gone in. Theres a lump of money still available, and id expect another couple of players to come in and some departures.

Agree Colin, I suspect we may get another signing in before Saturday too. Still think we are negotiating for Dibling, wouldn't be surprised if it is a loan with obligation so we pay their fee next summer.

You might have just gotten Moyesy into trouble.

Yeah, I’m not giving up on dribbling Dibling. He might be TDD big headline just as the window is about to close.

TFG can work with uefa before this becomes an issue to ensure that it doesn't bite us in the arse in the future. With what's happened to palace surely they are now seeing how it can effect both Everton & Roma.

For example:

"The Big 4 (1st – 4th)
Big squads, big wages, regular Champions League football, and good managers (except for Maresca who will do well to avoid the sack). We are not going to muscle into this space next season."

"Grealish again. We’ve done that to death."

There’s no doubt that right now Grealish is a better player, more likely to influence matches. McAtee might be the better 5-year prospect or might not, but most of our other signings are ’long-term’, we need some ‘here and now’ and Grealish could be perfect for this.

Once he’s announced, I’d say we’re two (actual) wingers (hoping and praying Grealish is used centrally) and a right-back short of a decent squad.

Get those done and we might even be able to go above and beyond with improving the quality. Players like Armstrong, Chermiti and Iroegbunam could go out on loan if we could also sign quality replacements for them.

Quite a few quality players are out of contract next summer, so hopefully we’ll start our tapping-up on September 2nd. Roma have done this well and I’m surprised we didn’t do more of it this summer. Keane, Gana and Coleman will still need replacements. We’ll need to get Garner, Mykolenko and Tarkowski signed up first though.

Hope for once it works out for us.

Full backs desperately needed and I reckon we could have a decent season not worrying about the R word for 30 odd games.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c70qvk8gdr8o

There was a lot to Morrissey’s game, dribbling, tackling and putting plenty of brilliant centres in for Young and Vernon, and perfect later on when Joe Royle was our centre forward.

Johnny played when football was a man’s game, tackling was allowed, real tackles and Morrissey could take them and give them back while looking his opponents straight in the eye including tough guy (?) Tommy Smith and often getting his retaliation in first!

Grealish is here so I hope he does well— if he’s half as good and consistent as Morrissey he will be money well spent although the better player, for me, cost £11,000 and the bonus was that transfer nearly cost Liverpool their manager,it drove Shankley up the wall.

The reference to a cost of 12M in Anjishnu's previous article was the sum of his 300k wages across the season.

I don't believe there has been any reference to a loan fee made by any reporter. Happy to be proven wrong.

Likewise, I don't know what wage structure has been negotiated between Everton and City. No doubt when it's announced, the media will be second guessing.

We will be paying something towards his wages, it just depends on what percentage the 2 clubs have agreed.

Or, a Rashford type deal. Barcelona picked up his wages 100% for the season loan, but the player agreed to a pay cut.

I'd be surprised if we're paying 300k a week, that's all I'll say. While acknowledging that "I'm hearing" nothing.

Dewsby Hall for example will be costing us at least 200k a week.

It was the lossness of the play where the opposition gave Everton space not fearing a threat.,They knew what was coming..That is what sticks in my mind.I agree with you regarding Pieneer.That is not a apology for using him from my memory of such play.

Thar is the missing link Grealish provides.He will be demanding of those players around him.

Hope there's enough left in the kitty for these. Even if Jack proves a success he can't cover for serious shortcomings in these positions.

And fair enough. This is the biggest football story right now. They're going to get plenty of eyeballs on it.

My guess... midday.

Gueye maybe could be one but we all know that he likes to roam and chase the ball (to good effect) rather than hold a position. He leaves gaps. Though the gaps are nowhere near as big as those left by Iroegbunam who really needs to work on his positioning when out on loan hopefully. Armstrong could be a 6 but we've not seen enough of him to rely on him there yet I don't think, suspect he's better as an 8 or maybe even 10. And KDH could maybe play as a deeper playmaker but again I think, though hard-working, he does not have the defensive reading of the game to make a protective 6 which is what we need.

I think we still need a better 6 to help us control games. But maybe that will be one for next summer.

Which type of Grealish will Moyes use?

Personally speaking, if we had anything like his form for Villa we are onto a cracking time.

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Then his transfer fee say £5m a season for 5 years is £100k a week

100k x 2 is £200k

If we could get that done and still have financial room left, then I’d be happy look at a more “ready” holding midfielder and allow Iroegbunam to learn out on loan. After all, we need to replace Gana next summer anyway, so having someone already here is good succession planning.

That leaves left-back. In theory we’ve covered it, but there are question marks over both Mykolenko and Aznou. Either we expect Coleman to cover that position or the right back we sign is someone like James Justin who has played left-back regularly as well. I don’t think we have any youngsters rest to step up.

The overall wage cost % in relation to income is obviously a major concern but so is the final PL position.

If the Grealish loan costs the reported £12m this will be more than covered if he's the difference in us achieving a higher final position. He could also attract more TV coverage = more income.

Armstrong and Iroegbunam id expect to be loaned out.

We might also get on tv more too?

I said on the Dewsbury-Hall thread, he has his favoured position in midfield, pushing forward, but is versatile and can play defensive midfield. HIs own words. He might have even said if necessary, he can be used in a wider position.

We won't sign 2 right wingers. We are obviously after one, which is needed, but we already have players who can play wide in Ndiaye, Grealish and Alcaraz. I know that both Ndiaye and Grealish prefer coming in from the left, but both could play on the right. Also McNeil, who, when back from injury last season, played on the right, even though he is very one footed on his left peg.

They can afford it with Calvert Lewin and Doucoure off the wages bill.

I recognise Guardiola as a modern day genius but his micro-managing style has begun to hit a brick wall. Teams have sussed him out and some of his players probably feel like they are in a straight jacket.

He’s produced some brilliant teams but his public remonstrating of players, his wild gesturing, his manic mannerisms etc… must wear you down, eventually.

Maybe it’s an English thing but players like Jack, Sterling, McAtee, Palmer, Delap etc…think they have better opportunities elsewhere.

Remember, he tried to destroy Aguero publicly.

Danny, I think we might buy one right winger and look for a late loan for another one.

Revealed: The financial sacrifices Jack Grealish has made to push through loan move to Everton from Man City

That was my reaction too. Just utterly contemptible disrespect to the reader — not that I read the Daily Mail, but standards of so-called journalism are just so poor in this country.

Still nothing official. The worst-kept secret in football!

Remember Gana will go to the AfCon this season so we'll need midfield cover.

If not, we need one cos I’ve being doing exactly that for the last 24 hours! 🤣

Not sure we would need another RW to boot as well unless we plan to sell McNeil (which could be a good idea that helps with PSR) because I’m assuming Moyes signing Grealish means he envisages one of him, McNeil or Ndiaye being able to play on the right.

The national media are waiting outside the gates.

The initial photoshoot will be the clubs official media.

While I'm not giving it too much credibility- we still have new signings to make which could yield a better team than last year- I did note that it also predicts Leeds will finish rock bottom with 18 pts.

So I guess we will know a lot more about how likely these predictions are come Saturday.

Could be a great move getting him before last minute too, to show other targets that we mean business, get them excited to play with him.
Dibbling get ya coat lad !!!

Could be that virus spreading..

Grealishitis 😜half of Liverpool are coming down with it it's set to get worse over the next few days.

The only place that's safe is London where Redshiteisis is dominant!

https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1955249108395995425

He's got the basics, ability, pace, creativity, goals.
Who else if not Sterling for RW?

The increase in quality that KDH and JG bring further highlights how well we have done with several poor to average players in the team. A couple more of that quality and I'll be as giddy as a pig in muck.

I hate bullying other teams (like some do to us) but when a player wants to go…..

With Ndiaye, Grealish, KDH, Dibling etc… you have a frontline who can all interchange during a game.

I mean how long does it take to put out comms he has signed 🙈🙈🙈

Perhaps both.

Imagine you're a coal miner with no signal on your phone.

Q for you all.
1. Which is nearer to the date Spurs last won the League?
Today or Christmas Day 1897

2. Which happened later? Newcastle won the Title or William Ralph Dean scored 60 goals in a season?

It doesn't really matter, he's about to officially become an Everton player.

https://x.com/Everton/status/1955289422078881918

Such is our situation that he walks into the starting 11. At Skunks he'd have to compete for minutes with the likes of Gordon and Barnes, and Spurs is about to bag Savinho to add to Gil. With us he has a clear path to his objective.

The club just confirmed Grealish.

Welcome to Everton FC, Jack, and the best of luck to you in our historic colours and brilliant new stadium.

The Moyesiah has done it again.