Ankle injury will sideline Everton defender Yerry Mina for eight weeks

Yerry Mina will not be able to return to action until the beginning of October due to an injury he suffered in last week’s match against Chelsea.

Mina moved to Everton from Barcelona following the 2018 World Cup, but his time at the club has been marred by injury. He has appeared in just 80 of Everton’s 153 Premier League matches since joining the club, including only 13 games in the last season. The 27-year-old has already reached the final year of his current contract.

🗣 "Ben gets that injury, we think it's a small fracture of his leg, his fibula."

Frank Lampard gives an update on Ben Godfrey's injury which saw the player stretchered off and Yerry Mina's pic.twitter.com/seXqKIJoJy

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) August 6, 2022

The 27-year-old Colombian international was injured in the second half of the 1-0 home loss to Chelsea on August 6. Godfrey, Mina’s fellow center defender, was also forced off after falling awkwardly barely a dozen minutes into the game following a tackle with Kai Havertz, and was carried away on a stretcher and brought to hospital.Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Aston Villa was played without Mina in the Everton lineup.

Despite Godfrey’s three-month absence, Everton manager Frank Lampard maintained the club had adequate center-back depth. Conor Coady was brought in by Lampard from Wolves on a loan, while James Tarkowski, formerly of Burnley, was brought in by Lampard in the summer on a free transfer. He also has Mason Holgate and Michael Keane as central defenders on his roster.

According to Paul Joyce of The Times, Frank Lampard has specified the timeframe of the Colombian’s next recovery depending on the ligament damage discovered during testing on his ankle.

Some call him a liability and Mr Glass. Mina only made 13 appearances for the Blues last season due to a series of unfortunate injuries, and he was only 70 minutes into the current season when he pulled up hurt again after what appeared to be a harmless non-contact incident.