David Moyes remains hopeful that Vitalii Mykolenko can return for Everton’s Merseyside derby clash.
Mykolenko suffered an injury during Ukraine’s Nations League encounter with Belgium which his national coach Serhiy Rebrov feared would be ‘serious’.
However Moyes revealed on the eve of the Blues’ 246th meeting with Liverpool that the left-back is already back in training as he aims to make the Anfield encounter.
“He’s got a bit of an injury but he’s back and trained yesterday,” said Moyes.
“We’re hopeful he’s going to be okay but we’ll have to see tomorrow how he is.”
The Everton manager also revealed that Iliman Ndiaye, Dwight McNeil and Dominic Calvert-Lewin are all making tentative steps towards their own injury comebacks.
He added: “Both of them are coming on great. Illi is a little bit further on than Dwight at the moment but it is great that they are back in training.
“It’s helped us a little bit with having Dom out as well.
“Dom is the only one who is really behind it at the moment. We are just waiting on him coming back, but the rest are all getting much closer to fitness.”