New boys in line for Toffees bows
Everton should have all their close-season signings on show for the Barclays Premiership opener at home to Watford.
Striker Andrew Johnson, defender Joleon Lescott and on-loan goalkeeper Tim Howard are all expected to start – but full-back Tony Hibbert is recovering from illness and will miss out.
Nuno Valente has had an Achilles problem but is back in training but David Weir is almost certainly out with a groin strain.
It is likely that Phil Neville will fill in at right-back with boss David Moyes having to make serious decisions in midfield with Leon Osman, Simon Davies, Lee Carsley, Mikel Arteta, Kevin Kilbane, James McFadden and Tim Cahill chasing four places.
Provisional squad: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Lescott, Stubbs, Valente, McFadden, Davies, Osman, Arteta, Cahill, Carsley, Kilbane, Johnson, Beattie, Wright, Anichebe, Pistone, Naismith.
