I’d imagine the player doesn’t want to go back to City as he’s been vocal about loving it being a toffee.
I’d use this as leverage. Everton will pick up his wages and rehab as a stress fracture is a straight forward injury to recover from but we will do a deal now and support the player.
Clearly if we are not contractually obliged to pay him we just deduct wages from the fee.
It would make
Grealish feel the love, show intent to our summer transfer targets and help us plan our squad for next year.