{"id":51249,"date":"2026-05-04T14:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51249"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:03:36","slug":"guardiola-gives-uncertain-update-on-jack-grealish-future-after-injury-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/guardiola-gives-uncertain-update-on-jack-grealish-future-after-injury-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola gives uncertain update on Jack Grealish future after injury setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City manager <b>Pep Guardiola<\/b> has cast doubt over <b>Jack Grealish\u2019s<\/b> long-term future at the Etihad Stadium, despite the winger\u2019s resurgence during a season-long loan at Everton. Speaking ahead of City\u2019s clash with the Toffees, Guardiola admitted he is unsure if the 30-year-old will return to his squad next season.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Strong Impact at Goodison Park<\/h3>\n<p>Grealish joined Everton on loan in August 2025 after falling out of favor in Manchester. Before a <b>season-ending injury,<\/b> he became a focal point for David Moyes, contributing two goals and six assists in 20 Premier League appearances surpassing his total goal contributions from his previous two seasons at City combined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the impact at Everton was really good,\u201d Guardiola noted. \u201cHe needs to play game, game, game, and at Everton, he had that\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Injury Setback and Transfer Speculation<\/h3>\n<p>A stress fracture in his foot sustained in January has sidelined Grealish for the remainder of the 2025\u201326 campaign. While the player has expressed a desire to stay on Merseyside, claiming Everton \u201cfeels like home,\u201d a permanent move remains complicated by his reported <b>\u00a3300,000-per-week salary<\/b> and City\u2019s \u00a350 million valuation.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano has suggested that the <b>\u201cchapter is completely closed<\/b>\u201d for Grealish at Manchester City. With his contract expiring in 2027, the upcoming summer window will be a turning point for the Treble-winner\u2019s career as he focuses on rehabilitation and a <b>potential permanent exit.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has cast doubt over Jack Grealish\u2019s long-term future at the Etihad Stadium, despite the winger\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":51250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1877,3800,4057],"class_list":["post-51249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-jack-grealish","tag-manchester-city","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51251,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51249\/revisions\/51251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}