on August 10, 2025, 10:42 pm, in reply to "I may be wrong but City will be paying him regardless, as they are contracted to do"
No, you’re right.
I’m talking about the amount that we will pay City towards a loan fee and wages combination. We’re currently negotiating how much of a loan fee and what percentage of his wages we will be covering.
He told us several weeks ago that he wanted to join Everton, but City just wanted a sale, and we were waiting on them to come down a bit. 
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We would not be paying Grealish "wages" directly, the only question is whether we cover what he's earning from City for the season in part or in whole in the form of a loan fee. Or exceed it, if they decide that is what they want - but the point is that it's up to them.
It seems to me that "agreeing terms" with him simply means us asking "are you willing to play for us?" and him saying "yes".
Prepared to be corrected if that's not how it works! Previous Message
Everton have a budget for the loan fee and wages that they’re willing to spend, and they’re negotiating the amount and the wages/percentage of pay cut that City will accept.
Up until a few days ago, City weren’t entertaining a loan, just a sale for £40 mill. Previous Message
and City apparently want it to cover a season's earnings @ roughly 300k/wk so circa £15m. Surely it's entirely up to them? In which case if we are trying to negotiate it down, they might well hold out for a better offer. Could see this one dragging on till deadline day.
I'm all in favour though, would be a massive morale-booster for the whole club. Crowd would absolutely love him. Previous Message
if this is going to happen it’s either the terrible news that Ndiaye is going or we’re going to have Grealish playing at 10 alongside KDB & Gueye, and witness total-Moyesball this season. Very much hoping for the latter
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