Everton manager Sean Dyche is undecided whether his team would play a private match during the international break.
The Blues defeated Bournemouth 3-0 at home over the weekend to earn their first home victory. Dyche’s side took the lead in the first half with to goals from James Garner and Jack Harrison, before Abdoulaye Doucoure finished the scoring on the hour mark.
Six members of Dyche’s first-team squad have now left for international duty; however, it is unclear whether Idrissa Gueye will play for Senegal after suffering an injury during his side’s warm-up on Saturday.
Following the 2-2 draw with Sheffield United, Dyche stated that it was his intention to organize a game in the second week of the international break to enable returning players build their fitness levels. When asked on Saturday if he planned to do the same thing again, Everton manager David Moyes stated he was unsure because of who may be available.
“I don’t think we’ll have enough fit players because we have to monitor the ones who are still coming back from injury,” he stated.
“If we can find an appropriate game, we might have a behind-closed-doors game for the players coming back from injury or who need some more practice.”
“But we’ll have to keep an eye on things because, obviously, after a game, you never know who’s injured and all that.” That won’t be known until Monday. We’ll piece it together based on who’s in the building and who’s fit.”
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