Baines to be fit for start of season

Everton manager Roberto Martinez insists defender Leighton Baines will be fit for the start of the new Premier League campaign.

The defender picked up an ankle injury in Everton's 2-0 defeat to Sunderland back in May and was forced to miss the final two matches of last season after undergoing surgery.

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