‘No guarantees’ - medical expert’s concerning Yerry Mina Everton injury verdict after Frank Lampard update

Yerry Mina could have played his last game for Everton this season.

That is according to injury expert Ben Dinnery amid the Colombia international's latest setback.

Mina has struggled to stay fit all season and made only 11 appearances for the Toffees.

After previous hamstring and calf issues, the centre-back suffered a quad setback in last week's 3-1 loss at Newcastle United.

Everton boss Frank Lampard confirmed that Mina will be absent for 8-10 weeks.

However, Dinnery - who heads up website premierinjuries.com and has a background in data analysis, believes that there are no guarantees Mina will be back by that time - espeically if surgery is required.

Dinnery told Football Insider: “Given that timeline, we’re looking at a high grade-two.

“It’s probably rectus femoris, the big muscle at the anterior aspect of that thigh. We are talking about significant fibre damage.

“Ideally, they will treat it conservatively. But you can’t rule out surgery at this time.

“He will meet with a specialist to hopefully rule that out but there are no guarantees.

“He is pivotal to that Everton team. If you look at their win ratios when he is and isn’t in that team, it’s night and day.

“Trying to keep him fit has been the difficult thing in recent seasons. There are a lot of ongoing muscular problems that have hampered him.

“That 10-week turnaround, it could even be May if we get to a worst-case scenario.

“Then you start to question if it is even worth bringing him back for the end of the season. Possibly, that could be season-ending. There are no guarantees.”