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Everton provide Richarlison injury update

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Richarlison scored twice on his Everton debut (Picture: Getty)

Marco Silva has confirmed Richarlison has recovered from the injury which cut short his impressive Everton debut last weekend.

The Brazilian scored twice on his first competitive appearance for his new club following his £45million move from Watford in the summer as 10-man Everton earned a creditable 2-2 draw at newly promoted Wolves.

Richarlison was taken off with four minutes remaining, nursing what appeared to be a calf injury but his manager claims he will be ready to make his home bow against Mark Hughes Southampton side on Saturday.

Silva said: With Richarlison everything is OK. The first game of the season we played 50 minutes with 10 players only and everybody did fantastic work.

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Of course in that moment we had to run like we had 11 players. He was only tired nothing more.

Silva oversaw a major overhaul of his squad in the summer, recruiting six new players including three on deadline day alone in the shape of Yerry Mina as well as loanees Andre Gomes and Kurt Zouma.

Asked if anyone could leave before the European transfer deadline on August 31st, he said: We will see.

We have a big squad at this moment and we will have to take some decisions. It is normal that players want to play more minutes.