Kyle Naughton
He completed the formalities of his 12 month loan from Manchester City in time for him to play in last night’s pre-season friendly at Bury, which ended in Everton losing 2-1.
But assistant manager Steve Round was far from disappointed and said: “We were quite pleased with the first half performance and we created a number of chances but then we lost it in the second half. We made a lot of changes and put on a lot of young players and we could not quite keep up the momentum.
“Credit to Bury as they are a good side. They came back strong and got a couple of goals but it’s the week that we are most pleased with not the game. The boys have worked incredibly hard, doing three sessions a day every day. It’s all about building.
“There were a lot of positives and there was some intelligent play to create some chances in the first half so we are far from disappointed.”
