Mina out until April | Lampard: He’s a leader and a big miss

Yerry Mina has been ruled out until April with a quad injury, Everton manager Frank Lampard has confirmed.

The defender was substituted before half-time in Tuesday’s game at Newcastle as Lampard’s first Premier League match in charge of Everton ended in a 3-1 defeat.

After that match, Lampard revealed there was some initial concern over the Colombia international’s situation and confirmed the extent of the problem on Friday.

“Yerry Mina has an unfortunate injury which will be probably between eight to 10 weeks,” he told reporters ahead of his side’s home Premier League game against Leeds on Saturday.

“It’s a strong injury around his quad. It’s disappointing for us all. In the week I’ve been here I’ve realised he’s a big leader in the group and a top player obviously for us, so a big miss.

“I was aware on the night that our medical team, who in the short term here have been great and really on point, were wary of the type of injury straight away just from Yerry’s description of what he felt, so we were aware straight away and obviously our worst fears were confirmed a day or so later in terms of being out for a while.

“Yerry’s a big personality. I’ve seen him a few times since. He’s a positive lad, man, who we’ll miss, but at the same time we have to be positive around him and move on in the short term until he comes back.”

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