Timeframe on Maxime Esteve's Burnley return after Bournemouth injury absence
It will be touch and go whether Maxime Esteve will be fit enough to return for Burnley’s post-Christmas clash against Everton.
The Frenchman missed Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth with an injury that forced him to withdraw from training on Friday.
While the knock isn’t thought to be serious, it remains to be seen whether the centre-back is back in time to face the Toffees at Turf Moor on Saturday, December 27.
“I don't think it's too serious, I'm hoping maybe a week or so,” Parker said after Saturday’s draw at the Vitality Stadium.
"We pulled him out of training at the last minute yesterday [Friday] and there was a lot that went on over the last week or so.
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"We had a lot of illness – Josh Laurent, he wasn't in for four days with the flu, but we made a decision whether to put him in or whether not to.
"Kyle Walker the same, Ashley Barnes...there's been a lot of illness around the camp, and then obviously yesterday [with Esteve] as well, so it's been a bit up in the air this week.
"But I’m pleased that we did what we did.”
Joe Worrall got the nod in Esteve’s absence for his first league start of the season, although Parker did opt to switch to a back three – with Laurent also starting alongside Hjalmar Ekdal.
Lucas Pires and Kyle Walker both came straight back in to fill the wing-back roles after serving their one-match bans against Fulham last week.
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