Here are your Everton evening headlines for Friday, October 21.
'Hopefully' - Frank Lampard confirms potential Nathan Patterson Everton return date
Everton manager Frank Lampard hopes to have Nathan Patterson back fit and in contention for next weekend's trip to face Fulham.
The 21-year-old picked up an ankle injury with Scotland back in September that left him facing a race against time to recover for the World Cup break but he is now close to a return.
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Speaking ahead of tomorrow's game against Crystal Palace, Lampard said: “He’s progressing, he’s training with us and will be fit hopefully for next week.”
The Toffees boss also confirmed that both Yerry Mina and Ben Godfrey remain unavailable as they continue to recover from their respective injures.
'You're at the wrong club' - Tim Howard slams 'horrific' Everton team-mate after hot tub incident
Tim Howard has slammed former Everton teammate Royston Drenthe for his 'horrific' behaviour during a short and dreadful loan spell on Merseyside.
Drenthe spent the 2011/12 season on loan from Real Madrid but failed to live up to expectation at Goodison Park with just four goals in 27 appearances. The pacey winger was told to stay away from the club towards the end of the campaign after returning late from compassionate leave and being left out of David Moyes ' FA Cup semi-final squad.
Speaking to fellow goalkeeper Ben Foster this week, Howard said: “In comes Royston in Rolls-Royces to training, bowls in with his shoes untied, he has to run the perimeter of the training ground because he's always late, his eyes were half open... you were just at Real Madrid, what are you doing here? This is weird.
“I guess he'd never heard of CCTV and he ended up coming to the training ground in the middle of the night with friends, and they're in the hot tub... you're just thinking 'You're at the wrong club here mate’."
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