Jack Grealish warming up for Everton
Jack Grealish warming up for Everton
Grealish has been left out of David Moyes' past four matchday squads.
The first of those, away to Arsenal, was put down to illness.
However, the three absences since have come after the Toffees confirmed Grealish was unavailable "due to a breach of club discipline".
This is reported to be down to the England international missing at least one training session without a valid reason.
However, it looks as though Grealish will be fully back involved come the trip to Brentford on 23 November.
Jack Grealish set for Everton opportunity vs Derby County
Grealish has been back at Finch Farm and working on his training.
Moyes has not exactly missed Grealish over the past few weeks, with Everton beating Newcastle United twice and also Coventry City.
But the winger is undoubtedly a player Moyes will want to call upon if he can.
It has now been reported by reliable Everton news source 'The Bobble' via X that Grealish will get a chance to prove his fitness when Everton take on Derby County on Thursday.
The behind-closed-doors fixture has been arranged to help Everton's players not on international duty to keep ticking over in this two-week break.
There had been murmurs that Grealish could even be sent back to Man City early in January, but it is clear Moyes is ready to give him a second chance.
And Grealish is not the only player who will look to make the most of the friendly.
Christian Norgaard another with something to prove
Christian Norgaard's only Premier League appearance for Everton so far was a shocker.
Everton summer signing Norgaard was not fit against Chelsea and Moyes has kept him out of the spotlight since.
But he is another who looks set to feature against Derby on Thursday, with this a chance to get some more minutes under his belt.
The hope is that Norgaard and Grealish and both then involved against Brentford, with Moyes having three different competitions to focus on over the next six weeks or so.