Everton manager David Moyes has confirmed that centre-back Michael Keane has 'a chance' of returning for Sunday's home clash with Brentford. However, none of the other Blues players currently sidelined will be back.

Everton welcome the Bees to Hill Dickinson Stadium for their first fixture of 2026 on the back of a superb 2-0 triumph at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday. It was a triumph made more impressive by the fact that Keane and midfielder Carlos Alcaraz were ruled out with unspecified injuries.

That meant Moyes was without seven first-team players for the trip to the Tricky Trees given centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite, right-back Seamus Coleman and midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are still working their way back to fitness and given Iliman Ndiaye and fellow midfielder Idrissa Gueye are competing at the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal.

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