Roberto Martinez has revealed that Kevin Mirallas is stepping up his recovery from a hamstring injury and has resumed training with the Everton first-team squad.

The Blues boss, speaking at the ‘Evening With Roberto Martinez’ event on Thursday, reported that Mirallas participated in a session earlier in the day at Finch Farm, though gave no indication of when the Belgium winger will be back in match action.

Mirallas has been sidelined since the end of September when he suffered his injury setback in the 1-1 Merseyside derby draw at Anfield.