Will Rooney reports from Finch Farm.
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00:00 Shaun Dice has just addressed the media as of Everton's game against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Sunday.
00:05 Team news wise, big news on Dominic Albert-Lewin who came through that game against Man United earlier this week behind closed doors at Carrington.
00:12 Shaun Dice confirmed that he's looking like he's going to be in contention, Dominic Albert-Lewin.
00:16 Whether he's fit enough to start or not we don't know but big news, giving us a miss from that full-on game.
00:21 Really lacking cut-match where Neil Mowpie missed three really good chances in the first half.
00:26 In terms of other team news, it's as it was really. Dwight McNeil's making good progress on his ankle injury.
00:32 Dele Alli's still out. Domari Gray who's a bit vague on, didn't give an update.
00:37 Obviously said he was short of fitness after the full-on game but reports suggest that he has agreed personal terms to join full-on.
00:45 And Andre Gomez has got a slight issue so he's maybe fit enough for the game.
00:50 Plenty of talk on transfer areas of course, that time of year isn't it, two weeks ago of the window.
00:56 Che Adams, £12 million bid, lodged at Southampton but Shaun Dice, he didn't rule it out but he didn't confirm.
01:04 He just said that Everton are looking to affect the market in different areas and speaking to various people.
01:09 So maybe a hint that he's not ruling that one out.
01:11 Everton of course looking for a striker to provide a bona fide back up to Dominic Calvert-Lewin who's been plagued with injuries for the past two years now really.
01:20 In terms of other transfer news, talk about John Philip Gabamon, the forgotten man really.
01:26 Spent last season out on loan at Traversing Squad.
01:28 Had an absolutely nightmare time since he joined Everton from Mainz in 2019 for around £25 million.
01:34 He's not training with Everton at a merge, he's not here.
01:37 Pretty much Shaun Dice said they're open to offers for him but they need offers to come in.
01:42 Another one he talked about was Tom Cannon, the striker who did really well on loan at Preston during the second half of last season.
01:48 Plenty of championship interest in him but it looks like if he is going to depart it will be later in the window because Everton of course short on attacking bodies.
01:58 They need to cover their own backs before maybe letting Cannon go out on loan.
02:02 On the game, just talking about the chances they've missed against Fulham of course.
02:07 Neil Mowat they missed three big ones and Abdullahi Takore, Nathan Paterson as well.
02:13 Shaun Dice was just reaffirming what he's seen against Fulham, they're creating good chances and they just need to build on that.
02:21 Of course it's a big challenge against Villa, they'll be banged up for it after a real shock 5-1 defeat to Newcastle last week in the opening day.
02:31 Everton away record, disappointing over the past few years, certainly needed to improve that.
02:37 Now all eyes on Villa Park for Everton's clash against Villa on Sunday.