Jack Grealish likely to miss the rest of the season, confirms David Moyes | OneFootball

Jack Grealish will “probably” undergo surgery to deal with the stress fracture in his foot, which will rule him out for the remainder of the season, confirmed David Moyes.

Grealish suffered the injury during the Blues’ 1-0 win over Aston Villa away from home. Speaking in the pre-match press conference on Friday, Moyes said, "We believe he's probably going to need surgery, but that's still not absolutely confirmed, but it probably rules him out for the rest of the season, yes.

"It's really disappointing for the player, and for the club, and all of us here. He's such an important part, he's a big character, big experience for us. We'll miss him. He's done a lot of really good things for us."

Asked if it was too early to think about Grealish's long-term future given his success at Everton prior to the injury, Moyes added: "Far too early."

Grealish, signed on loan from Manchester City last summer, has made 22 appearances across all competitions for Everton this season. He has scored two goals and provided six assists.

The Everton boss also appeared pessimistic when asked about the chances of signing new players in the remaining days of the transfer window. He indicated that he isn’t expecting much.

"I'd like to say we're out there looking, which I think I've said in every press conference," he said. "We're out there looking. It's not that we're shying away from it. I would say it's probably less than likely than likely...

"[In] January you can find players, it's not to say you can't, but I think we're seeing this window becoming quite a difficult one for a lot of teams."

Reader Comments (3)

Rob Jones 2 Posted 30/01/2026 at 13:15:40

Andrew, it is.

It's depressing watching what could be a great opportunity slip through our fingers because of the owners' total lack of ambition. Kinnear can blow smoke at us, but anyone with a brain has been able to see we've needed full-backs on both sides for three years, at least.

3 Posted 30/01/2026 at 14:23:38

Sad really.

We missed the James Rodriguez season because of that damn lockdown and we have another genuine top class player on a season long loan which is effectively done halfway through.

We are playing with fire now thinking it was ok to let this month pass without any reinforcements, all we need is another injury to someone like Ndiaye and we'll be scraping the barrel.