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Everton have reportedly opened talks with Manchester City over a loan deal for Jack Grealish.
The England international is free to leave Man City during this summer's transfer window, and there are believed to be a number of Premier League clubs interested in his signature.
Aston Villa have been linked with a move for their former playmaker, while West Ham United are believed to have made an ambitious attempt to sign him in recent weeks.
Sports Mole has exclusively reported that Tottenham Hotspur are also in the running, with Spurs making an immediate enquiry following James Maddison's injury blow against Newcastle United.
However, according to transfer expert David Ornstein, Everton are now in talks with Man City over the possibility of signing the attacker on loan for the 2025-26 campaign.
Everton 'open talks' with Man City over Grealish move
Ornstein claims that the deal is 'complicated', but there are currently discussions between the two clubs, with Grealish making it clear that he is open to a switch.
The 29-year-old needs a strong 2025-26 campaign if he is to be a part of the England squad at the 2026 World Cup, and playing time will have a big role in the final decision over his future.
Grealish scored 32 times and registered 43 assists in 213 appearances for Aston Villa before making a big-money move to Man City in the summer of 2022.
The attacker has only managed 17 goals and 23 assists in 157 appearances for the Citizens, though, and he struggled to make his mark for Pep Guardiola's side during the 2024-25 season.
Grealish only managed one goal and one assist in 20 Premier League appearances last term, and he is not in the plans of head coach Guardiola for the coming season.
Guardiola: 'I have no issue with Grealish'
At the end of June, Man City head coach Guardiola insisted that he had no problem with Grealish, claiming that the decision to leave him out of the Club World Cup squad was not a personal one.
"The only reason he [Grealish] didn't play minutes was me, not because he was incorrect or whatever," Guardiola told reporters at the time.
"He's a top player but the players have to compete with each other and last season [Jeremy] Doku was incredible in many games and Savinho made the step up for his first season.
"I want the best for Jack, his partner, his kids, his family. I don't know what's going to happen right now. have any doubts about the qualities of Jack. The quality has always been there, the year of the treble would have been impossible."