Marco Silva confirmed Moise Kean was dropped for Everton's victory over Southampton for tactical reasons.
The 19-year-old forward, signed from Juventus in a £27m summer deal, made the trip to the South Coast but was not included in the matchday squad.
Anthony Gordon, who is yet to feature for the senior side under Silva , was preferred as an attacking option on the bench alongside Alex Iwobi and Dominic Calvert-Lewin .
"[A] decision, just decision," Silva replied when asked about the move to leave out Kean .
When pressed further on whether it was for tactical reasons, the manager replied: "Yeah. [His reaction was] really good. For sure, he will react stronger the next training sessions when he will be with us.
"Moise is working really hard. He is a young boy with a very good quality as well, doing his best to adapt as fast as we can to a different football as well.
"He has all of my support and my staff and his team-mates to keep growing. For sure he will do that and in some weeks and some months you will see Moise in a better level for sure."
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