Jack Grealish is being brought in from the cold at Finch Farm after almost a month out of the first-team picture.

Everton have decided against ending his loan spell despite a breach of club discipline, and are instead folding the England international back into training during the international break. The target for his return to matchday action is the Premier League trip to Brentford on Monday 23 November.

Grealish has not featured for Everton since the 17 October game against Chelsea, having been dropped by Moyes after reports he missed a training session without permission. He was absent from Everton’s 3-1 EFL Cup win over Coventry City on 6 November.

Moyes left a door open

Speaking at a press conference on 3 November, Moyes made clear a return was still possible, replying “Of course there is” when asked whether Grealish could come back into the squad.

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Ball wants him central, not wide

Former Everton defender Michael Ball has used an exclusive interview with TeamTalk to urge Moyes to rethink how Grealish is used. His view is that the player’s time at the Etihad was spent out on the touchline, and that Everton would get more out of him pushed into the pocket behind a striker.

“I would like to see Jack play as a No. 10 and become more involved, rather than staying wide as he often did at City,” Ball told TeamTalk.

He also argued to TeamTalk that Grealish must deliver more goals and assists to justify his place, and that Everton should resist any temptation to send him back to Manchester City mid-season, since the team is better with him involved.

Manchester City ‘don’t want him back’

The alternative to a reconciliation at Everton would have been a recall to Manchester City, and that option looks closed. Former City financial adviser Stefan Borson told Football Insider that his old club have no interest in taking the winger back for the remainder of the season, describing Grealish as “just a headache” for Pep Guardiola’s side.

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With Grealish on a season-long loan at Everton, both clubs look locked into the arrangement whether they like it or not.

Everton play Brentford on Monday 23 November.

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