Celtic 'planted' Jack Grealish story after deal agreed
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James Murray
Sun 24 August 2025 8:00, UK
Celtic likely planted a story about their links to Jack Grealish in the media following his move to Everton.
Everton signed Grealish on a season-long loan deal from Manchester City last week despite interest from several rival clubs.
The deal includes the option for David Moyes’s side to buy the 29-year-old, who is believed to be on around £300,000 a week, for £50million next summer.
The Athletic reported on 12 August Celtic expressed an interest in signing Grealish, but he never seriously considered joining Brendan Rodgers’s side.
Brendan Rodgers is looking to strengthen his Celtic squad further this summer (Credit: Imago)
This article contains exclusive comment from Keith Wyness, former Everton, Aston Villa and Aberdeen CEO.
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The Scottish champions have only spent around £3million on the signings of Shin Yamada, Benjamin Nygren, Hayato Inamura, Kieran Tierney, Ross Doohan and Callum Osmand, while Jahmai Simpson-Pusey has joined on loan.
“I just don’t think Jack would ever have gone to Celtic, and I think it’s more about Celtic putting out a story in the media than anything else.
“No way Jack would have gone up there.
“It’s wishful thinking, and it was a mischief-making story.”
Jack Grealish has joined Everton on loan from Man City (Credit: Imago)
In terms of other transfer activity, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson told Football Insider Celtic could sign Andy Irving as they look to reach an agreement with West Ham.