captain Phil Jagielka will miss the next "eight to nine
weeks" with a knee injury.
Roberto Martinez expects to be without captain Phil Jagielka for
"eight to nine weeks" after the central defender picked up a knee
injury during Everton's defeat to Arsenal.
Jagielka limped off the pitch at the Emirates Stadium early in
the second half on Saturday after sustaining the injury while
attempting to clear the ball in the 2-1 Premier League defeat.
Martinez revealed the extent of the 33-year-old's injury when
speaking ahead of Everton's League Cup clash with Norwich
City, and the Spaniard was in a positive mood despite losing a
key man.
"We had really good news yesterday," he said. "Because after
the game we expected the worst – especially in the way the
injury happened, rotating the knee could have been anything.
"We had the scan, the medial ligament is affected, as we
expected, but that is an injury that is quite straightforward in
that point of view but there is no other damage in the knee.
"So the other structures are very strong, and it is the least
[damage] that it could be. So we're really looking forward to
getting Phil into rehab and see how quickly we can get him
back.
"At the moment we're going to make sure we take the right
cause of treatment. I wouldn't expect anything longer than eight
to nine weeks [out]."
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