The striker had missed all the games so far this pre-season, but got over the white line against Sheffield Utd, albeit just for 45 minutes.
“We were tempted not to put Jonson on the pitch but he's been looking in my window and all sorts at the training ground,” the boss smiled. “He's been giving me ‘the face’!”
The plan was always to take off the centre-forward at half-time as he'd rejoined full group sessions only on Thursday.
“It's great to have ‘Jonno’ available,” Evans said. “He'll be a huge player for us in League One next term.”