Sean Dyche shares Everton injury update as four players could miss Tottenham
Everton will be without Abdoulaye Doucoure, Seamus Coleman and Ashley Young for Saturday's Premier League visit to Tottenham Hotspur.
Doucoure was substituted at half-time of Everton's 2-0 win over Burnley last weekend with a hamstring issue and, as a result, missed Tuesday's League Cup quarter-final defeat to Fulham.
Coleman, on the other hand, made his return to action in the defeat of Newcastle United earlier this month but was withdrawn midway through the second half after suffering a foot injury. Young, meanwhile, lasted just 41 minutes of the 2-0 victory over Chelsea on December 10 before being replaced by Nathan Patterson.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Thursday, the Blues boss provided an update on the trio, saying: "Touch and go with Seamus because of the involvement side of things, he needs a few more days of training. Youngy is making progress but I don't think he'll make this one. And Douc, not for this one."
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Pushed on when Doucoure, who is Everton's top scorer with six goals this season, could make a return to action, Dyche said: "We'll see, he's making good progress. I think I mentioned it in the week, he's a good healer from what I gather from his past here. So we're hoping it settles quickly as it is doing."
However, Dyche was able to provide a positive update on the fitness of Vitalii Mykolenko, who has missed his side's last two outings against Burnley and Fulham. The Everton boss admitted that the Ukrainian defender is "back in the thinking" and could feature at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on
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