Sean Dyche gives blunt Everton injury update on Dele Alli - 'getting him assessed'

Sean Dyche says that Everton are assessing Dele Alli for an injury as he remains on the Everton sidelines.

The midfielder hasn't played for the Toffees this season. Dele underwent hip surgery in April while he was on loan at Besiktas, although he was photographed in training earlier this month.

Everton brought the curtain down on 2023 with a 3-0 loss against Wolves at Molineux. Dyche has admitted that his squad has been 'stretched' of late, with Abdoulaye Doucoure, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Ashley Young all currently injured.

And after admitting after last week's 2-1 loss at Tottenham that Dele - signed from Spurs in January 2022 - was still not close to being available, Dyche has suggested that the former England international has picked up a new setback.

The Everton manager said: "He's just being assessed. We're monitoring his situation and are trying the best we can. That's what I mean. We're getting him assessed for an injury. He's getting assessed for an injury."