Jack Grealish in action for Everton
Jack Grealish in action for Everton
The 31-year-old has been omitted from the Toffees' past three squads after he reportedly missed training.
Grealish was ill for the Arsenal game as well, meaning he has not played since the 2-0 defeat to Chelsea on 17 October.
The Manchester City loanee is reportedly working on a tailored training plan to get him back up to full fitness.
However, it remains to be seen whether Grealish will come straight back into the fold after the international break.
Grealish's situation sparked a heated debate between Shebahn Aherne and Tony Cascarino live on talkSPORT on Saturday morning.
Is Jack Grealish's Everton punishment too much?
Everton could really do without the external noise surrounding the situation with Grealish.
David Moyes is working with a threadbare squad, and could do with all hands on deck until such a time he is allowed to bring in reinforcements.
But the manager has taken a dim view of Grealish's conduct, and he has been sidelined until he can prove his fitness.
Grealish sent out an apology after returning in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Derby County in midweek.
He was once again a topic of discussion on talkSPORT on Saturday, with the Athletic's Manchester City correspondent Sam Lee stating how he hopes Grealish will take the situation more seriously.
After his segment, Aherne and Cascarino were heated in their discussions, with the former stating her opinion that there has been an overreaction.
Here's how the discussion went down:
Aherne: "Is one night out and one late coming, if that's what happened we don't know the full details, but say if that is what happened does that merit being dropped and being disciplined all of the time? He's a young lad, well he's not young anymore but he's just a boy man, let him be free."
Cascarino: "What do you do with all the young players who are coming through the academy into the first team and they see that behaviour?"
SA: "But there was nothing wrong with that sort of behaviour, he's human. I'm sorry, a lot of stuff in football gets brushed under the carpet.
"Jack Grealish has been publicly seen in bars and in clubs and on holiday just being a normal human being. Now some of the stuff you hear that happens in the Premier League, stuff that's bad stuff that's morally wrong and players can still get protected.
"But when it comes to this it's like he's this really bad guy. And as Sam pointed out there, he's a really good person, he does things for charity. Sometimes it's so scrutinised."
TC: "I know, I know."
SA: "He's a human being, he's not a baddie."
TC: "I'm not making him out to be a baddie and I do believe every now and again letting your hair down isn't a bad thing. If you win a title, how are you going to celebrate? You have to celebrate to the max because it's such an experience. He's been at Man City and celebrated a lot because they won a lot."
SA: "Sure, and that was held against him as well."
TC: "I get it, but now he's 31 he'll have to rethink how he goes about things."
SA: "If he wants a long-term career."
Jack Grealish can turn Everton situation around
There is a fear that Grealish will waste his talent in the final years of his career.
For Moyes to have taken this action, he is clearly not happy with has gone down behind the scenes.
But Grealish can still turn this around. He has the talent and the personality to bounce back.
However, he simply has to start taking this seriously, because if not he will find himself out of favour at Everton and then he could be in a real state of limbo.