Grealish award 'just the start' for Everton winger

Everton leader David Moyes says Jack Grealish's Premier League's subordinate of nan period grant for August is "just nan start" for nan winger.

The England international, who turned 30 connected Wednesday, has made an instant effect pinch nan Toffees since joining connected a season-long indebtedness from Manchester City.

Grealish has registered 4 assists from 2 convention starts - wins complete Brighton and Wolves - aft coming connected arsenic a substitute successful Everton's play opener astatine Leeds.

That is 2 assists much than immoderate different subordinate 3 games into nan caller Premier League season.

It is nan first clip Grealish has won nan grant and he is nan first Everton subordinate to do truthful since Dominic Calvert-Lewin successful September 2020.

"I'm really pleased for him. You'd person to opportunity it's a large privilege to beryllium fixed that accolade and I'm pleased for him because everybody knows he's backmost again," Moyes told a news conference.

"It's thing down to me, it's down to Jack Grealish. He's looked aft himself and worked incredibly hard.

"He's travel backmost pinch nan correct mindset to nutrient and he has produced for us. He's made a large difference. It's conscionable nan commencement for Jack."

After making his Premier League debut for Aston Villa successful May 2014, Grealish has now made 193 appearances successful nan title and won nan title 3 times pinch Manchester City.

Before joining Everton, he had provided 2 assists successful nan aforesaid Premier League crippled only doubly before.

Grealish is nan first Everton subordinate to grounds aggregate assists successful consecutive Premier League matches and has nan chance to beryllium nan first to do truthful successful 3 erstwhile nan Toffees big his erstwhile nine Villa connected Saturday astatine 15:00 BST.

He topped an eight-man shortlist aft a nationalist ballot mixed pinch those of a sheet of shot experts.

Moyes said it was a "big motivation" for Grealish to break backmost into nan England squad earlier adjacent summer's World Cup and his performances successful nan early portion of nan play person "put a marker down".

"I don't prime nan England squad and I'm gladsome I don't because there's truthful galore bully players," added nan Everton boss.

"They played really good against Serbia, immoderate really bully performances, truthful Jack needs to support playing good for america to get up of them."