Jack Grealish of Everton
Jack Grealish of Everton(Image: Getty Images)
David Moyes has ruled Jack Grealish out of Everton’s clash with Coventry City on Friday evening.
The forward has not featured in any of the Toffees’ last three matches following a breach of discipline before the Carabao Cup tie with Newcastle last month.
He didn’t play the following game against Arsenal due to an ‘illness’ and the in the build-up to Monday night’s Premier League clash against the Toon, Everton put out a short statement which simply read: “Jack Grealish is not match fit and therefore not part of tonight's squad.”
Speaking ahead of the game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium Moyes was asked about the situation and said: “Jack’s not available. I wouldn’t give you the plan but we will be working with Jack again soon.”
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Moyes was pressed about a potential solution over the international break and said: "We'll see".
There is also a doubt over centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite , who suffered cramp against Newcastle, Moyes said: “We’re just nursing him along a wee bit just to check to see if he’s OK so we need to see how he is.”
Opposite number Frank Lampard had not been much more forthcoming the previous day declining to expand upon Bobby Thomas and Frank Onyeka’ s availability.
He did say Luke Woolfenden and Josh Eccles are not yet ready to return: “They're back on the grass, but very tentative at the minute, they're not with us, so I don't really have a timeline on them. But they're they're working very hard to be fit, and we hope to have them, I would say, in the next weeks with us training properly.”
Haji Wright and Aurele Amenda have been out longer term.
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