Marco Silva has revealed that Yerry Mina’s injury won’t rule him out for the entire season but could see sidelined for “many weeks”. The Everton manager isn’t happy with Carlos Queiroz either, as he says he warned the Colombia manager not to play Mina twice in a week before the defender damaged his hamstring.
During the international break, Mina was carried off on a stretcher after 43 minutes against South Korea and was scanned upon his return to Everton. Against the wishes of Everton’s medical staff, Queiroz started the centre-back against Japan and South Korea, and now the Toffees are paying the price.
As per the Daily Mail, Silva said: “It is not good news. It is serious. Bad news for us as a club and for him too. It has not been an easy season for him since he joined the club, he’s had some unlucky moments and some bad injuries.
“We knew before he went to the international team that it could have been a risk to play two matches. We communicated this to them but we cannot control their decisions. We advised them after he played 90 minutes against Chelsea that it was a risk to play him in two matches in a short period.”
Mina has made 14 appearances in all competitions since joining from Barcelona over the summer. The 24-year-old has suffered injury problems throughout his debut season and this latest setback could see him sidelined for the remainder of the campaign.
Silva hopes to have the Colombian international back in May but it’s unlikely he’ll be rushed back to fitness. Mina will be afforded a lengthy break over the summer to recover, so Everton don’t need to take any risks. They have Kurt Zouma, Michael Keane and Phil Jagielka at their disposal for the final few weeks of the campaign.