David Moyes says Dominic Calvert-Lewin injury ‘not quite as bad as we first feared’

Everton person confirmed that Dominic Calvert-Lewin volition beryllium retired of enactment for ‘a fig of weeks’ aft sustaining a hamstring injury, though David Moyes has offered immoderate optimism.

The England planetary limped retired of the 1-0 triumph astatine Brighton aft conscionable 12 minutes past weekend, replaced by Beto.

The 27-year-old had returned to goal-scoring signifier successful the 3-2 triumph implicit Tottenham successful the erstwhile match, but helium volition present beryllium retired of enactment for a while.

A connection from the nine read: ‘Calvert-Lewin sustained a hamstring wounded successful the 12th infinitesimal astatine Brighton which volition necessitate a specializer opinion and is apt to sideline the striker for a fig of weeks.’

The Toffees besides confirmed that on-loan midfielder Orel Mangala is retired for the play with a superior genu problem.

The nine connection continued: ‘Mangala sustained an anterior cruciate ligament genu wounded precocious connected during the Blues’ 1-0 triumph astatine Brighton & Hove Albion connected Saturday that volition sideline the on-loan midfielder for the remainder of this season. The Belgian planetary volition present spot a specializer to find the adjacent measurement for his recovery.’

Moyes confirmed astatine a property league connected Friday that Mangala is present apt to instrumentality to Lyon, but did connection positivity connected Calvert-Lewin.

‘Dom isn’t arsenic atrocious [as Mangala], Dom doesn’t request immoderate surgery, he’s been checked truthful from that constituent of presumption it’s not a bully wounded but it’s possibly not rather arsenic atrocious arsenic we archetypal feared erstwhile helium got it,’ helium said.

‘So we’re hoping that mightiness not beryllium arsenic agelong arsenic possibly archetypal expected.’

Asked if the guardant volition play again this season, Moyes said: ‘Absolutely, yeah.’

Despite the optimism, the Scot admitted that it is surely atrocious quality successful what has been a bully spell with back-to-back wins.

‘It’s an unthinkable large stroke to america to suffer 2 players for rather a agelong period, by the looks of it,’ helium said. ‘But we person to spell on, that’s what happens shot clubs bash get injuries and we person to find different ways of getting results and players stepping up and showing what they tin do.’