The Ivorian, a £25m summer signing from Mainz, has played only twice this season and had two operations - the latest in February - on a thigh injury.

Gbamin, 24, is training at home using equipment delivered by the club after their Finch Farm training ground was closed in March because of coronavirus.

"He is working tirelessly," said Toffees physio Adam Newall.

"Sometimes I have to rein him in a bit. With the surgery he had, the idea is to slowly increase the flexibility in the muscle and progressively ramp up its strength.

"The intention is to have a three-week period of reintegration [when Gbamin will train outdoors following the players' return to Finch Farm], then we expect him to start joining the squad for training sessions.

"In an ideal world, I'd be working with him at Finch Farm and watching him do every single thing - but after a week or so we got round most of the obstacles."