David Moyes is just hours away from making his decision as to who is going to play at right-back against Nottingham Forest.
Everton welcome back their former manager Sean Dyche for the very first time since he was sacked back in January.
Although Dyche is hoping for a warm welcome from Everton fans at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, the Toffees will be keen to send him home without anything to show for his visit.
Going into the game, Moyes has a lot of selection decisions which he is going to have to make on the back of injuries and suspensions depleting his side.
Despite winning three of their last four games, it has been a turbulent past few weeks for the Blues.
Everton have lost players in just about all of their recent games and the 62-year-old may be forced to get creative with his team selection against Forest.
Everton could finally unleash Adam Aznou against Nottingham Forest
Michael Keane has suffered an injury issue, which saw James Garner play at right-back and Jake O’Brien in the middle against Bournemouth.
With midfielders Tim Iroegbunam and Idrissa Gana Gueye also missing, it is creating a real question over who will play at right-back.
On Friday, Moyes virtually shut down Nathan Patterson’s Everton career, by naming O’Brien as the best option for the position.
However, the Ireland international may be needed at centre-back once again.
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This could offer Moyes an opportunity to finally hand Adam Aznou his opportunity to impress, with the young left-back having previously played at right-back during his time in Germany.
It has been suggested that Everton are considering loaning out Aznou in January, but this could be the perfect opportunity to give him a run out in the Premier League.
The Moroccan has not played a single minute of football for Everton’s senior side since joining, which makes this a big stretch.
However, Moyes may have to resort to desperate measures if Keane does not make the cut for the game.
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Aznou could prove himself in dramatic fashion
During recent training footage released by the club, Aznou has been spotted working hard in the gym to build up his strength.
It has become apparent that the young left-back landed on Merseyside not quite ready to compete at the level of the Premier League.
How is David Moyes going to get around possibly missing Michael Keane with all of these midfield absences? 😩
But his history of playing a number of games at right-back could put him in with a shout of playing against Forest.
There have been suggestions that Aznou has not been overly impressed about his minutes since making the move.
What he must be sure of is if he is given the opportunity under Moyes that he takes it with both hands.
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