Ronald Koeman has insisted the best response Ross Barkley can make to his England omission is to produce performances for Everton that will leave Sam Allardyce with no option but to pick him.
After being an unused substitute for England at Euro 2016 under Roy Hodgson, Barkley was left out of new manager Allardyce's first squad, for the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Slovakia last weekend.
When asked about that ahead of his side's league trip to Sunderland on Monday, Toffees boss Koeman said: "Let's talk about Everton, because we are now behind, after the international break.