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Roberto Martinez has not ruled out the possibility of Samuel Eto’o making his Everton debut against his former club.

The Blues secured the signature of the 33-year-old triple Champions League winner on Tuesday evening.

Martinez will now closely study Eto’o’s first few training sessions before deciding whether he is ready to play a part against Jose Mourinho’s side.

“It is difficult,” said the Toffees chief. “Realistically I would have liked Samuel to have 10 or 11 sessions before we put him in a competitive environment and I tried to have that conversation.

“But I quite quickly learned that I was wasting my time. He wants to be helpful to the team straight away and he wants to be involved.

Roberto Martinez and Samuel Eto’o
New signing Samuel Eto’o could be in line to make his debut against his former club.

“Everything will go down to what condition he is in over the next two or three days to make that decision.”

Meanwhile, loanee winger Christian Atsu is not eligible to face his parent club.

Bryan Oviedo (broken leg), Arouna Kone and Ross Barkley (both knee) are sidelined, though Romelu Lukaku (toe) could feature despite limping out of the 2-2 draw with Arsenal.

Steven Pienaar (groin) is a definite absentee, however, after he too was forced off against the Gunners last weekend.

Chelsea’s Diego Costa is a doubt for the clash having suffered an apparent hamstring injury in training on Wednesday, while forward Andre Schurrle (leg) could also miss out.