Everton are without some familiar faces as the team returns to Finch Farm for the start of pre-season.
Thursday marks the beginning of preparation for the next campaign with Sean Dyche set to do everything within his power to try and prevent the club from becoming embroiled in a third consecutive relegation battle.
Dyche was at the training complex early in order to welcome his players, the first of whom included Dele Alli, Nathan Patterson and Dwight McNeil. Academy starlets including Lewis Warrington and Tom Cannon - two young players who will be hoping to catch Dyche’s eye this summer - were also early arrivals. But the full squad has not met in its entirety on day one - and even when it does there will be fewer players than when last season ended in May.
