Everton manager Frank Lampard has confirmed that Yerry Mina could be out until their final game of the season but insists Ben Godfrey is battling to get himself back fit for the run-in.
Mina was forced off 18 minutes into Sunday’s 2-1 victory at Leicester City and when asked going through the fitness of his players ahead of Wednesday night’s trip to Watford, Lampard said: “ Myko is good, Mykolenko had cramp in the calves so he’ll be good.
“ Yerry’s not, he’s got a small injury in his calf so he won’t be playing in this game. Michael Keane was great (coming on at the King Power Stadium), it’s never easy coming into a pressure game 20 minutes in.
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"Keano’s an absolute brilliant professional so I’ve no doubts he’s always ready to go when called upon.
“ Donny’s not ready, we hope he’ll be ready for next week’s game, potentially the weekend. With Ben, similar. Ben’s working with every ounce of sweat in his body to be fit and take part in the run-in and that’s the sort of attitude we need.”
Asked if Mina might return for Everton's home game with Brentford on Sunday, Lampard, who confirmed he’d heard nothing more from the FA on either his post-Merseyside Derby comments or Richarlison throwing a flare that landed on the Goodison Park pitch during the win over Chelsea, said: “Probably not.
"We’re probably looking now towards the last game that Yerry could be in contention for.”
