Everton management are excited by the form of Francisco Junior in preseason.

Everton nicked Junior away from Manchester City in February after he came off contract at Benfica.

Blues No2 Steve Round told evertonfc.com: "I'm very pleased to see Francisco Junior starting to show his head a little bit. He looks like he's going to be a very good player in the future.

"He's not quite ready yet but hopefully over the course of the season he'll start to break through.

"Ross Barkley came on the other night and showed us what he's all about and getting Jack Rodwell some game time has been important after his long injury."