Everton suffer injury setback on Yerry Mina

Everton make the journey to north London this weekend to tackle Tottenham Hotspur, and Frank Lampard has revealed one other harm blow to his crew forward of the conflict.

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The Toffees supervisor took to his pre-match press conference to disclose an harm setback to centre-back Yerry Mina, who is not going to be accessible for the sport on Saturday night.

Lampard instructed the media: “Yerry had slightly little bit of a setback with a small calf harm this week so gained’t be accessible.”

Lampard must be annoyed

There isn’t any doubt that Lampard can be annoyed with Mina’s fixed battles with health and harm points, because the participant has suffered numerous setbacks over the past 12 months which contributed to Everton’s struggles final season.

The 28-year-old has solely managed one Premier League sport this season after being included within the beginning line-up in opposition to Chelsea within the opening match of the marketing campaign, when he got here off the pitch injured after 70 minutes.

Final season, Mina solely made 13 league appearances out of a doable 38, spending 101 days sidelined with thigh and hamstring accidents, which had been vastly detrimental to the depth of the defence within the Everton squad throughout their relegation scrap.

But once more, plainly the Columbian can’t be relied upon to present Lampard the depth within the defensive positions the place Conor Coady and James Tarkowski have been playing consistently, giving the Everton supervisor little alternative to relaxation both of the 2 centre-backs and additional risking the dearth of high quality required on the bench this season.

Moreover, Mina is presently incomes £120k-per-week and is the best earner at Goodison Park, which means that his lack of contribution and weeks spent on the harm desk is costing the membership a fortune with little to no return on their funding within the participant.

Though Coady and Tarkowski are excelling of their new roles within the crew, having loads of squad depth remains to be important for the Toffees to comfortably compete this season, and Lampard will certainly be hoping that Mina’s newest setback gained’t final lengthy because the fixtures come thick and fast within the weeks forward.