Roberto Martinez says that John Stones and Tim Howard have been progressing well this week and have a chance of being fit to face West Brom.
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“That doesn’t take away from the fact that we are emotional watching our football teams, we are judging players for what they are doing and the only action that matters is the last one”.
Martinez was due to check Howard’s fitness ahead of today’s game with West Brom but he seems unlikely to return to the line-up and the Everton manager chose instead to speak of the “legacy” a player who is 37 next month will leave behind. “We have an incredible chairman who cares and loves the football club”, Martinez added.
Martinez has planned as many as 60 sessions in order to get Niasse up to speed with the Premier League but says cameo appearances in matches will be part of regime.
Following the game, Spanish coach Martinez claimed that Cleverley has never been better and could get even better.
“I think it is a good idea that the England camp gets together and they can review what they’ve done and prepare and have a bit of a vision going forward. Tim won’t be the last”. “Of course we are”.
Everton have extended full back Bryan Oviedo’s contract until June 2019.
The Costa Rican defender’s deal was due to expire in the summer, but an extension has been thrashed out.
“I think investors will bring extra opportunity to fulfill the projects we have behind the scenes and help the ultimate dream, which is becoming one of the best teams domestically and in European football”.
China has emerged as a break-out player in the transfer market as clubs in the country’s Super League spent £116m on players in 2015, a 65% increase from the previous year and a far higher increase than the modest 8% jump found in Premier League spending in the same period. “Yes, but that’s what we’ve been left with and what we’ve got to get on with”.
“I’ve had worse thrown at me”, joked Pulis.
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“I only really trained properly once with him, that was the day before Stoke”, Lukaku said earlier this week. West Brom played 120 minutes at Peterborough where they struggled in fairness.
