Sunderland looking at getting Grealish on loan from Manchester City

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/grealish-jack/QVKaRfO9/"]Grealish[/a], 30, was shipped out on loan to Everton last summer, where he managed to score two goals and provide six assists in 22 games before injury cut his season short.[/p][p]The £100-million man fell down the pecking order under Pep Guardiola but had been given a clean slate under new [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Man City[/a] boss Enzo Maresca.[/p][p]Maresca brought him on at half-time in the 3-0 Community Shield defeat to Arsenal, and then for the final eight minutes as they narrowly beat Bournemouth in their first Premier League game of the season.[/p][embed guid="c7a7bdb4-7ddb-4487-81d4-144fbcb98929" url="https://x.com/David_Ornstein/status/2092627190537961980" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Now, according to [i]The Athletic[/i], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] have made an offer to sign Grealish on loan for the rest of the 2026/27 campaign.[/b][/p][p]City would cover a portion of Grealish’s salary and the deal includes a possibility to make the move permanent once his contract expires next summer.[/p][p]It’s understood that the deal will be alongside one for Marseille’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paixao-igor/EuBBEVVq/"]Igor Paixao[/a].[/p][infobox id="a26dc69f-5d29-48c9-8d0f-786c18f76a2b" /]