Sean Dyche forced to bring list of injured Everton stars to press conference with only three of starting XI available

SEAN DYCHE has revealed Everton could beryllium without respective cardinal players for Saturday's travel to Leicester City.

The Toffees are yet to gain a constituent successful the Premier League this play having mislaid each of their opening 4 games.

They spell into this play stone bottommost of the array with a extremity quality of minus nine.

And things could spell from atrocious to worse erstwhile they look Leicester astatine the King Power Stadium.

Dyche was forced to admit that conscionable 3 members of his preferred starting line-up are acceptable up of Saturday's match.

The remaining 8 players are either definite to miss the clash, oregon they are doubtful.

Everton brag Dyche explained: "I've brought a database conscionable to marque definite I don't hide anyone!

"Jarrad [Branthwaite] is making advancement and hopefully volition beryllium capable to get progressive with the crippled this weekend. It's looking similar helium volition bash with the Under-21s.

"James Tarkowski, we're hopeful. He trained contiguous and there's nary reaction.

"Nathan Patterson, aforesaid arsenic Jarrad. Dominic Calvert-Lewin looks good today. He was backmost successful connected the writer truthful hopefully his unwellness is gone.

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"Jimmy Garner is inactive not successful with illness. Idrissa [Gueye] has unluckily had a household bereavement truthful helium won't beryllium here.

"Myko [Vitaliy Mykolenko] is done the illness, helium was successful contiguous truthful we’re hopeful that’s him done.

"Seamus [Coleman] is inactive injured, unluckily it's going to beryllium longer than we hoped, truthful that’s not going to beryllium a speedy situation, we’re not definite of the timescales yet.

"Youssef [Chermiti] is making bully advancement but evidently rather a semipermanent injury. Armando [Broja] is making progress, but besides evidently a longer word injury.

"And Keano [Michael Keane] is getting checked retired today, conscionable having a precautionary scan to marque definite he’s ok."

Everton were deed with different immense stroke earlier this week erstwhile they were knocked retired of the Carabao Cup by Southampton.

Dyche's broadside suffered a 6-5 decision connected penalties pursuing a 1-1 gully astatine Goodison Park.