Everton manager David Moyes has confirmed that Jack Grealish can still have a future at the club, even as questions linger over the midfielder's ongoing absence from the squad.

Grealish, the Manchester City loanee, missed both of Everton's victories over Newcastle in the space of a week. He was left out of Thursday's 3-1 Carabao Cup win following what was reported as an unauthorised absence from training — a decision taken by the club itself. He was then absent again on Monday for the Toffees' 1-0 Premier League triumph at St James' Park, where Thierno Barry's goal proved the difference.

Moyes stays tight-lipped on details

While Everton cited a lack of fitness as the reason for Grealish's absence from the Premier League fixture, Moyes was guarded in his post-match comments to BBC Sport.