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Player Valuation: £70m
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DAVID MOYES has been handed a central defensive headache for Christmas after Phil Jagielka was ruled out of Everton’s festive programme.
Jagielka is facing up to a month on the sidelines after undergoing scans yesterday on the thigh strain that forced him off towards the end of Monday’s 2-1 win at Manchester City.
The England international will now miss Everton’s four games over the holiday period along with the FA Cup third round visit to Scunthorpe United in early January.
And with John Heitinga struggling to overcome the knee injury that has ruled him out of the last three games, Sylvain Distin may be the only senior centre-back available to Moyes for the Boxing Day visit of Birmingham City.
Should the Dutchman not recover in time for Sunday, Everton manager Moyes could choose to play either Phil Neville or Tony Hibbert at centre-back alongside Distin.
DAVID MOYES has been handed a central defensive headache for Christmas after Phil Jagielka was ruled out of Everton’s festive programme.
Jagielka is facing up to a month on the sidelines after undergoing scans yesterday on the thigh strain that forced him off towards the end of Monday’s 2-1 win at Manchester City.
The England international will now miss Everton’s four games over the holiday period along with the FA Cup third round visit to Scunthorpe United in early January.
And with John Heitinga struggling to overcome the knee injury that has ruled him out of the last three games, Sylvain Distin may be the only senior centre-back available to Moyes for the Boxing Day visit of Birmingham City.
Should the Dutchman not recover in time for Sunday, Everton manager Moyes could choose to play either Phil Neville or Tony Hibbert at centre-back alongside Distin.