Everton manager Sean Dyche has been impressed with the level of defender Jarrad Branthwaite.
The young centre half spent last season on loan at PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.
Now he is back as a first team option for Dyche, with the ex-Burnley coach using him off the bench for now.
Asked about the young stopper, Dyche told reporters: Jarrad has done well in pre-season but he missed a couple of weeks so he is still getting fit and sharp but we like what we have seen so far and we're just getting used to him.
Ben (Godfrey) missed the end of last season coming into this pre-season.
On the defensive side of things, the shape of the side, the energy of the side was all good (against Fulham).
I think if we scored two there then the story is radically different and I think everyone says it was a really good performance and they deserved to win, I think everyone in the stadium thinks, 'yes, they were the better side', but sometimes you don't get it."