The midfielder was rested for Thursday's Europa League goalless draw in Utrecht and manager Roy Hodgson will hope he can inject some much-needed creativity against the Seasiders.
There is a problem at left-back as Paul Konchesky (hamstring) and Fabio Aurelio (Achilles) are still injured while usual stand-in Daniel Agger has a groin problem which saw him miss the trip to Holland.
Martin Kelly, a centre-half who has been occasionally been deployed at right-back, filled in against Utrecht but did not look particularly comfortable.