David Moyes resigned to being without Jack Grealish for rest of Everton’s season

Jack Grealish’s absence was described by David Moyes as ‘really disappointing for the player, the club, for all of us here’. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images/Reuters

Everton will continue to pay Jack Grealish’s wages and manage his recovery from a fractured foot despite being resigned to losing the on-loan forward for the rest of the season.

Grealish’s season and outside hopes of making England’s World Cup squad are effectively over with the 30-year-old expected to undergo surgery on the injury. A final decision will be taken in conjunction with his parent club, Manchester City, but under the terms of last summer’s loan move – which will cost Everton in the region of £12m – there is no option to cut the deal short.