David Moyes will not rush James Vaughan into the rigours of playing day in and day out just yet as the Everton boss realises that the talented forward could play a crucial role for the Toffees this season.

The 20-year-old England U-21 international has become a firm favourite with the Toffees fans for his energetic and skilful displays, and although, he has only just been fully fit after yet another injury, he has featured in the last two games and also played for the reserves.

Moyes is quoted on the club’s official website, as saying: "He could be very exciting for us. My concern is that I’ve put in him too early because I’ve had very little options.

“The boy had to play 30 minutes at West Brom first up and I nearly had to take him off with 10 minutes to go because he had nothing left.

“He’s had no football but he made a difference and it is great for him to come back and show us what we have been missing. I don’t know whether I could ask him to hang fire. His enthusiasm is his game. There are other parts that he needs to improve.

“Technically, we want to do a lot of work with him but his injuries have stopped us doing that. He has missed a lot of his young development because of that. But what he has got in abundance is enthusiasm.”

“He has a great desire to play and wants to play all the time,” continued Moyes. “You can’t beat that. Everybody loves a trier. He has got great determination and that’s why he is at Everton and making a living. He is terrific around the place as well.

“I think there is big improvement in him. At this present time, we just need to get him over his injury.

"He is not fully fit at this time. We need to get him both match fit and physically fit and that is probably going to take me a couple of months to do that.

“Hopefully, with the games coming regularly over the next month, coupled with a few reserve games and training, will help him a great deal. Really, he is lucky if he has had six full football training sessions since he came back this summer.”