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Alongside Southampton talent Tyler Dibling, Everton have been heavily linked with Grealish this summer, with the 39-time England international falling down the pecking order at Manchester City.

However, Everton also face competition from the likes of Napoli and Tottenham — with the latter likely to step up their interest following James Maddison’s injury.

Grealish has been heavily linked with Everton (Credit Hasan Karin, Breaking Media)

If Spurs push ahead with their interest in Grealish, it might be hard for Everton to compete, with the Lilywhites boasting Champions League football this season.

However, they may have been given a surprise helping hand from former defender Alan Stubbs, who has admitted to tapping up Grealish while on holiday in Marbella this summer.

“To be honest, I had a night out with Jack in the summer over in Marbella,” Stubbs told talkSPORT.

I was telling him how much he’d be loved.

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“He’d be an idol at Everton, the fans would really take to him.”

On how a Grealish/Everton partnership could benefit both parties, Stubbs — who played 193 times across two spells for his boyhood club, including 164 times under Moyes — added: “I just think from an Everton point of view, Jack Grealish needs to be loved again.

I think he needs to start enjoying his football. 

“And that’s not to say anything about Man City, what he’s done – he’s gone there, he’s won titles, he’s won trophies, but he’s not been the same Jack Grealish that we’ve seen at Villa, where he had the freedom to go and be himself. 

“And I think David Moyes would give him that.

“I think he’d absolutely relish it at Everton, I really do.

And I think we all want to see that Jack Grealish.

And I think Jack Grealish has really gone off the boil in the last year, and it’s a shame to see.”

Spurs could replace James Maddison with Jack Grealish (Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media)

While Everton would love to sign someone of Grealish’s character, it’s going to be tough.

The 29-year-old’s former Aston Villa teammate, Gabby Agbonlahor, has urged the playmaker to move to Spurs, highlighting them as a better prospect than the Toffees or Napoli.

He said: “Napoli have been linked with [Jack] Grealish, Everton have been linked with Grealish as well, and [David] Moyes will sell him that project, ‘look, you’re going to be our guy’.
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