Everton's pre-season return: Not even enough for five-a-side!
EVERTON return to pre-season training in a fortnight's time.
But don't expect the usual ECHO picture of a gaggle of giggling players jogging through Croxteth Park sporting ill-advised tints and Caribbean tans.
Four Blues stars are still away on World Cup/African Nations Cup duty, while Tim Howard is still in action with the USA - which means extended holidays for five.
Then there's Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta, Leighton Baines, Tony Hibbert and James Vaughan still recovering from surgery.
Lee Carsley and Thomas Gravesen have gone, Manuel Fernandes is still in limbo - and Phil Jagielka was playing for England only three weeks ago.
Which leaves, by my reckoning, five outfield players for the first day of pre-season.
Hope they know the rules for three-and-in!
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