He did so last weekend and I’m sure he is eager to do so again on Saturday. Mina loves Everton and when he doesn’t play it is because he is injured. He is not pretending or trying to only stay healthy so he can play for Colombia. Sometimes even footballers don’t have control over how their bodies heal, they are no machines after all.
He has played eight times for Everton this season. Considering what the club is paying him, he needs to do everything he can to minimise missing any further games for the club he supposedly loves this season. If that means telling Colombia he needs to concentrate on staying fit for his club rather than jetting half way across the world in a global pandemic and jeopardising his availability yet again, that is what needs to happen.
I don't think he is pretending to be unfit for Everton. I think playing for Colombia is making him more likely to miss even more Everton games. His body clearly cannot cope with the workload. If he had been fit for most of our games this season, this is a risk that we could all accept. But he has barely featured for us and is now off to play for his country once more. I predict he'll be out for us again by mid-February. Frankly, this is not good enough.
