Yobo And Pienaar Recover

Steven Pienaar and Joseph Yobo are both expected to make a return from injury against Wolves.

The duo have been sidelined through injury but, speaking exclusively to evertonTV, head physio Mick Rathbone is confident their recoveries are almost complete.

"Steven got headbutted on the inside of the knee against Portsmouth and it was just unfortunate it caught him right on the medial ligament!” he explained. 

"He can use the exercise bike but it is pretty sore.  I would though expect him to be there or thereabouts for the Wolves game.”

Joseph Yobo also missed the matches with BATE Borisov and Stoke City because of a thigh strain suffered in training over in Minsk.

"It was so, so minor," explains Rathbone, "but if you do an injury like that the night before a game it doesn't give you a lot of time to recover.

"Joe has gone off with the Nigerian squad as they've got a very important game against Mozambique on Sunday and I think he will be fit for that."

Meanwhile, there's also good news for Phil Neville after a knee specialist confirmed it's unlikely the Blues captain will need surgery.

"The surgeon has seen Phil twice now.  He was 90 percent certain he didn't need surgery on the first visit and now he is 99 percent certain Phil doesn't need an operation.  You can never say never but the way Phil is going in his rehabilitation we're happy he is going to do well.

"He's been on the bike today and the cross skier and he is telling me he is running tomorrow which was a bit of a shock to me because that is not in the schedule!  But he is doing well and we are really happy with him."

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