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.”
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