Drenthe poised to feature for Everton

Loan signing Royston Drenthe could be pushing for his first Everton start against Wigan at Goodison Park tomorrow after featuring for the reserves in midweek.

Fellow deadline-day arrival Denis Stracqualursi may also make his Toffees debut while Phil Neville is fighting to regain his place in the side after being left out last weekend.

With striker Louis Saha still not fully match fit, Tim Cahill is expected to start in attack again.

Provisional squad: Howard, Hibbert, Neville, Distin, Jagielka, Baines, Barkley, Fellaini, Osman, Rodwell, Drenthe, Cahill, Stracqualursi, Mucha, Hibbert, Baxter, Bilyaletdinov, Vellios.