LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Scans confirmed Everton midfielder Jack Grealish's foot injury is a stress fracture, in a setback to his outside shot of making England's squad for the World Cup.
“It’s a big blow because he’s been hugely important to us since the start of the season,” Everton manager David Moyes said Friday. “He’s played a big part in the team.”
Moyes didn't address reports that Grealish could be sidelined two months or more.
“It's not for me to give the time scales and we've not got it yet from the doctors,” he said.
The 30-year-old Grealish is on a season-long loan from Manchester City. He has scored two goals, and his six assists is third-most in the Premier League this season.
Everton remains in “close contact with Manchester City,” Moyes said when asked about Grealish possibly returning from the loan early.
“We'll see how that works as we go along and we get more decisions from the specialists,” he said.
Grealish last played for England in 2024, before coach Thomas Tuchel was hired.
Grealish scored in England's 3-1 victory over Finland in the Nations League in October 2024 under interim coach Lee Carsley.
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Everton's Jack Grealish, left, and Aston Villa's Matty Cash challenge for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Everton in Birmingham, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.(AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
Everton's Jack Grealish gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Everton in Birmingham, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.(AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
A drone attack in the United Arab Emirates sparked a fire at an oil tank farm Tuesday in Fujairah, an emirate on the country’s east coast with the Gulf of Oman that has been repeatedly targeted, the state-run WAM news agency reported. It said no one had been injured in the blast.
This came after a brief closure of the UAE's airspace when the military reported it was “responding to missile and drone threats from Iran.”
Also Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had launched new attacks across both Tehran and Beirut, with those on the Lebanese capital targeting Hezbollah militants.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said “numerous countries” have told him “they’re on the way” to help police the Strait of Hormuz. But he also suggested some countries’ reluctance showed a lack of reciprocity in defense agreements with the United States.
The war has killed at least 1,300 people in Iran, at least 850 in Lebanon and 12 in Israel, according to officials in those countries. The U.S. military says 13 U.S. service members have been killed and about 200 wounded.
Here is the latest:
An Associated Press journalist in Qatar heard explosions as air defenses near Doha worked to intercept incoming Iranian fire on Tuesday morning.
Qatar’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted a missile attack on the country a short time later.
In the United Arab Emirates, Dubai residents received a missile alert around the same time.
FILE - Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
A Middle East Airlines plane takes off from Rafik Hariri International Airport as smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
FILE - Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Israeli air defense systems fire to intercept projectiles launched from Lebanon over northern Israel, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Relatives pray near the coffin of an Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces fighter killed in recent airstrikes on Qaim, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. in Najaf, Iraq. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
People take shelter as air raid sirens signal a warning of incoming Iranian missiles in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
FlyDubai planeS is parked at Dubai International Airport as smoke rises in the background after a drone struck a fuel tank early morning, forcing the temporary suspension of flights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo)
A bulldozer clears debris from the rubble of buildings destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Fire and plumes of smoke rise after a drone struck a fuel tank forcing the temporary suspension of flights. near Dubai International Airport, in United Arab Emirates, early Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo)
