A late decision will be made over the availability of Marcus Edwards fitness ahead of Burnley’s midweek trip to Everton.
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It’s not a serious problem though and the 27-year-old could make a swift return for Burnley’s first ever trip to the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Tuesday night.
“We're all good fitness-wise,” manager Scott Parker said during this afternoon’s pre-match press conference.
“We'll check a little bit more on Marcus leading into this game, but everyone else is clean, everyone's come out of the weekend all fine, so we're full strength in that sense.”
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Parker almost moved to clarify why he opted to bring off Hannibal during Saturday’s cruel late defeat at Turf Moor.
Marcus Edwards missed Saturday's game against Brentford through injury. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttardplaceholder image
Marcus Edwards missed Saturday's game against Brentford through injury. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard
Despite being Burnley’s standout performer on the day, setting up two of their goals, the midfielder was brought off in the 84th minute at a time where the Clarets were chasing a late winner.
Addressing the change, Parker explained: “He was tiring.
“He was the last player you want to bring off in a game like that and how he was playing. But obviously there’s a lot going on at this time for Hann as well [Ramadan] and we could see that we needed some fresh legs, so that was the reason why.”
Elsewhere, Jordan Beyer, Axel Tuanzebe, Connor Roberts, Josh Cullen, Mike Tresor, Zeki Amdouni and Armando Broja all remain sidelined.
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