"Richard will see a specialist on Friday and if he is given the all clear we will try and get him playing as soon as we can," he told evertonfc.com. "But I would have hoped one of the other two goalkeepers [Steve Simonsen or Paul Gerrard] would have let me say 'you deserve to take the jersey'.
Rooney's ankle is also looking better by the day, but Moyes isn't leaving anything to chance. "Wayne still has an outside chance, but we certainly won't be taking any unnecessary risks with him, I'd rather give him a week longer than push him, but he is coming on and he is straining at the leash now to get involved again, which is a good thing."