{"id":574915,"date":"2020-12-18T12:55:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T17:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=574915"},"modified":"2020-12-18T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T17:55:20","slug":"carlo-ancelotti-confirms-rodriguez-unavailable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/18\/carlo-ancelotti-confirms-rodriguez-unavailable\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlo Ancelotti Confirms James Rodriguez Still Unavailable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlo Ancelotti confirmed James Rodriguez<\/a>, Allan<\/a> and Fabian Delph<\/a> will be unavailable for the Arsenal<\/a> game at his pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n

Ancelotti Confirms Rodriguez Still Unavailable<\/h2>\n

Everton Team News<\/h3>\n

Everton<\/a> had an electric start to the season, winning seven games in a row as they sat at the top of the table for 38 days. After a little dip in which they were unable to maintain the fast-paced start, successive victories over Chelsea<\/a> and Leicester City<\/a> seem to have got Ancelotti\u2019s side back on track.<\/p>\n

The Toffees boss revealed that Colombian midfielder Rodriguez was close to coming back and may be available for the mid-week clash against Manchester United<\/a> in the Carabao Cup<\/a> quarter-finals before offering an update<\/a> on the rest of the squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cRodriguez not yet. For us, it is too soon to put him at risk. We have games every three days so that is why he misses three games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is not big. He has a little problem on his calf and he is recovering. Nothing special.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllan had a problem on his hamstring. We don\u2019t know how long it will be. We don\u2019t know how many games.<\/p>\n

\u201cFabian Delph is the same. He is doing individual treatment and it is too soon to talk about how long it\u2019ll be before he returns.”<\/p>\n

Seamus Coleman Returns<\/h3>\n

There was some good news for the 61-year old manager as club captain Seamus Coleman is set to be fit<\/a> to face former teammate, now manager Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side.<\/p>\n

Everton have kept two clean sheets on the bounce against tough opponents in Chelsea<\/a> and Leicester. With Coleman coming back into the team, the Toffees will be looking to capitalise on Arsenal\u2019s recent struggles to further back reinforce their ambitions of reaching the top four of the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n

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