The Toffees travel to Craven Cottage on Sunday to face a Fulham side who will be playing their 21st game of a season that got under way in June due to the London outfit's Europa League commitments. Having guided Everton through continental campaigns in the past, manager Moyes knows the difficulties they present, but those are problems the Scot wants to have to deal with again. "It can be tough, but I'd take it today if you gave it to me," said Moyes, whose team last played in Europe when they were knocked out of the Europa League at the round of 32 stage by Sporting Lisbon in February 2010. "I'd love it to be us when we are talking about playing Thursday and then Sunday, because here at Everton we need European football. "We want it, and it is something I think we would desperately love to get back. "We have not been in it for the last couple of years now. Yes, it was awkward and makes things difficult and your job a bit harder, but I would rather have it than not have it." James McFadden looks unlikely to make his second Everton 'debut' in Sunday's match as he continues to work his way back to fitness. McFadden rejoined the Toffees on a free transfer this week, returning to the club he left for Birmingham in 2008, but he has not played a competitive game in over a year due to a serious knee injury and his condition is being closely monitored by Moyes. "I've been on it for four or five weeks, thinking about it and talking to James," Moyes said. "He had one or two offers where he could have gone elsewhere. I'm aware that we are a little bit short, so he has come here and hopefully will help us with numbers and on the field. "He has probably done five or six weeks of football training and he is still recovering from his knee injury, so I wouldn't expect anybody to see him back playing too soon. "But he got 45 minutes in a reserve game the other day and we will continue to pick it up and try to get him back quickly. "He is here for the season and if he does well, we will have no problem re-signing him. If he doesn't we'll thank him for coming and helping us out." Another familiar face back at Everton is former striker Duncan Ferguson - who Moyes has been keen to stress is not on the coaching staff and for now is just helping out with the club's academy - but the manager has played down talk of a move for FC Dallas defender George John. Asked about John, Moyes said: "I don't know where that is coming from. "We are always looking at players and to see if we can improve the squad, but it would be extremely wide of the mark to say that was a player we were looking at at the moment." Meanwhile, Moyes has voiced his concerns about players taking part in the Great Britain team at next summer's London Olympics. Toffees midfielder Jack Rodwell has indicated that he would relish the opportunity to be involved, but Moyes said: "I think it will be difficult because of the length of the season they have to play here. "Players will have to come back a lot earlier from their holidays to prepare for it. "It would be difficult with boys who have had a full season and then maybe gone to the European Championships, to ask them to come back and get ready for the Olympics as well. "I don't think it will be straightforward. I think there will be players who will do it, but also that there will be others who don't." Stuart Pearce, this week confirmed as head coach of the GB men's team, has expressed his hope that he will be able to select players from all the home nations, but the chances of that being the case remain unclear and it is something else Moyes envisages there being difficulties with. "I think it could be problem," Moyes said. "I think before any of the other home nations go into it they would need to be given assurances that it wouldn't affect their own rights in any other competition, or in how FIFA would see them."
