Everton hope for positive injury news after managing work load of key man
The centre back is rarely hit by injury but has been beset by minor issues this summer – Everton hope he has now overcome them
Sean Dyche watches Jack Harrison, Jesper Lindstrom, James Tarkowski and Ashley Young during an Everton training session at Finch Farm
Sean Dyche watches Jack Harrison, Jesper Lindstrom, James Tarkowski and Ashley Young during an Everton training session at Finch Farm(Image: Tony McArdle/Everton FC)
Everton believe James Tarkowski is close to overcoming the injury problems that have beset his start to the season. The centre back is still yet to miss a Premier League game since joining the Blues two summers ago but has been hit by rare fitness issues over recent weeks.
A glute complaint led to him returning early to Merseyside from the club’s pre-season training camp in Ireland while he has been playing through a back problem that led to him missing the Carabao Cup penalty shootout defeat to Southampton.
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The problems have been hard for the 31-year-old, who has missed just a handful of Premier League matches since the 2017/18 season.
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Opening up on them ahead of the international break, the captain in Seamus Coleman’s absence said: “It was a frustrating one in pre-season. It was the first Gaffer’s Day I’ve missed since I’ve known him [manager Sean Dyche, who he also played under at Burnley] – that’s how unusual it was for me.
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“It’s been about managing load between games to get back up to full speed for me, which is difficult because I’m someone who likes to be out on the grass all of the time and I really don’t like missing training sessions, so I’ve had to accept that slower pace than I like.”
The defender’s routine has required careful management at Finch Farm but there was a feeling at the training ground that the two week break following the draw against Newcastle United came at a good time for Tarkowski.
Speaking ahead of the trip to Ipswich Town, Dyche explained the fortnight had allowed Tarkowski the space to continue his recovery and there was now hope he was through the problems that have made Everton’s start to the campaign even harder while coming against the absence of Jarrad Branthwaite.
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He said: “He’s had to carry a few knocks. In his case, it has been one of balancing rest and reward. We are having to manage his workload. So a few days off were probably good to settling him down and having to manage his training load and all that sort of thing.
“He’s done very well. It’s not as easy when you can’t train freely all the time and then play, so I think he’s done very well to handle that. But we hope that he’s coming out of that period now and he can get back to just training fully and therefore continue to build on his performance.”
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