\u201cI\u2019m over the moon to have signed for Everton – it\u2019s massive for me, honestly. This is a great club, with great fans,\u201d Grealish said.<\/p>\n
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Grealish has chosen the number 18 shirt at Everton in tribute to Wayne Rooney and Paul Gascoigne, who wore it during their time with the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy two favourite English players ever are Wayne Rooney and Paul Gascoigne and I know they both wore number 18 here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke to Wayne before I came here and I mentioned that to him – about the number 18 – so I hope he\u2019s happy as well.\u201d <\/p>\n
Grealish joined City from Aston Villa in 2021 for a then British record fee of \u00a3100 million.<\/p>\n
The England international has won three Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FA Cup with City, but his form had dipped significantly since he played a key role in the 2022-23 treble-winning campaign.<\/p>\n
He was left out of England\u2019s Euro 2024 squad, an omission that left him \u201cheartbroken\u201d.<\/p>\n
Jack Grealish celebrates a goal for Manchester City last season.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Guardiola rarely picked Grealish last season despite City\u2019s struggles and he was left on the bench for the shock FA Cup final defeat against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n
Amid concerns about his personal life after repeated reports of alcohol-fuelled late nights, Grealish will have a chance to revive his spluttering career at Everton and potentially earn a recall to the England squad ahead of next year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as I spoke to the manager, I knew there was only one place that I wanted to go,\u201d Grealish said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn social media, I\u2019ve been flooded with messages from Everton supporters, so there\u2019s that side of it as well and that\u2019s another reason why I chose Everton.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to say thank you to the fans for all of the messages I\u2019ve had already. Thank you for all of the love and support. I hope I can repay you now and I\u2019m sure I will.\u201d <\/p>\n
Manchester City has loaned Jack Grealish after his fall from favour under Pep Guardiola.Source: AFP<\/p>\n
Everton recently left Goodison Park to move into their new Hill Dickinson stadium ahead of the season, with Grealish set to take centre stage in the plush arena.<\/p>\n
He ranks as Everton\u2019s biggest signing since the end of last season after a quiet summer in the transfer market for boss David Moyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe welcome Jack to Everton and we\u2019re very pleased to have him on board,\u201d Moyes said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re getting him at a good time because he\u2019s experienced, he understands the Premier League and we\u2019re all fully aware of the levels he\u2019s capable of performing to.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know Jack\u2019s ambition is to get back into the England squad, so hopefully we can help him achieve that over the course of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City winger Jack Grealish joined Everton on loan for the 2025-26 season on Tuesday in a bid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2095,6236,50002,50005,6257,50014,17057,6232,34681,9006,1208,6254,2057,49997,51013,49995,6246,2105,43,50006,51014,51012,11999,51011,44,2041,2067,3583,51009,24938,41,39,42,40,34468,49993,51008,3586,2614,51010],"class_list":["post-63791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-america","tag-aston-villa-football-club","tag-british-record-fee","tag-centre-stage","tag-champions-league","tag-city-boss","tag-city-of-manchester","tag-club-world","tag-crystal-palace-football-club","tag-david-moyes","tag-england","tag-europa-league","tag-europe","tag-european-realitypremier","tag-favourite-english-players","tag-final-defeat","tag-football-news","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-headlines","tag-jack-grealish","tag-leicester-city-football-club","tag-loan-official","tag-manchester-city-football-club","tag-michael-steele","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-northern-europe","tag-paul-gascoigne","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-transfer-market","tag-treble-winning-campaign","tag-troubled-career","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-wayne-rooney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}