Everton sign Jack Grealish on loan from City with buy option

Everton have completed the season-long loan signing of Jack Grealish from Manchester City, moving the England international to the Premier League club for a campaign that presents a fresh opportunity to reset his career after a spell largely spent on the periphery at City. The deal features a 50 million option to buy at the end of the season, and Everton will assume around 75 percent of his £300,000-a-week wages, with the total cost to the club estimated at just over £11 million for the current season. Grealish will wear the No. 18 shirt, a choice he explained was inspired by two former English greats who also wore the number at Everton.

The move arrives amid Manchester City’s ongoing rebuild under Pep Guardiola, the club seeking to refresh a squad that endured its first trophyless season in Guardiola’s tenure. The transfer places Grealish among several high-profile departures considered part of a broader strategic shift, with fellow first-choice names connected to potential exits as City recalibrates the squad for future campaigns. For Grealish, the loan provides a platform to reclaim regular first-team football and reassert the form that once marked him as one of English...