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Mangala undergoes knee surgery

Lyndon Lloyd Wednesday, 28 February, 2018 32comments  |  Jump to most recent

The injury to Eliaquim Mangala's knee has required surgery and the defender will now begin the rehabilitation that will likely keep him out for the rest of the season.

There has been no official announcement from Everton regarding the defender's prognosis or the specific injury for which he has gone under the knife but there were suspicions following the home win over Crystal Palace 10 days ago that he had damaged ligaments in his knee.

Mangala tweeted from his hospital bed today to say that the operation was done:

 

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John Smith
1 Posted 28/02/2018 at 17:56:42
Get well soon buddy.
Alan McGuffog
2 Posted 28/02/2018 at 18:55:05
Isn't he only with us till the end of the season?
Jim Bennings
3 Posted 28/02/2018 at 19:08:40
Typical of our luck!

He hasn’t looked great in the games he’s played but tell me a consistently good defender in a blue shirt all season anyway?

Another unfortunate Lacina Traore signing sadly.

Phil Sammon
4 Posted 28/02/2018 at 19:16:48
Otamendi has been good at Man City apparently, Jim.
Jim Bennings
5 Posted 28/02/2018 at 19:23:12
I don't know if you meant that in a joking way, Phil, but I was referring to the blue of Everton.

People saw Mangala play at Arsenal in the 5-1 thumping and instantly ruled him out but, over the course of the season, all of our defenders have been pretty poor.

Paul Welsby
6 Posted 28/02/2018 at 23:25:13
Move on!
Ajay Gopal
8 Posted 01/03/2018 at 06:45:37
I wish him a speedy and full recovery – it probably means his World Cup dream is over, sadly. If he needs inspiration to come back from long-term injury, he need look no further than the Everton sick-room: Coleman, McCarthy, Baines, Funes Mori, Bolasie, Onyekuru, etc.
Colin Glassar
9 Posted 01/03/2018 at 08:31:33
I wish him all the best but he’s hardly an Everton player is he? One game and knackered. It must be an Everton thing.
Jamie Evans
10 Posted 01/03/2018 at 09:19:50
Best of luck to the quim.

I'm not sure I can remember a shorter and more unsuccessful career of an Everton defender.

Rob Young
11 Posted 01/03/2018 at 09:27:55
I reckon Senderos stayed with us for a few months but did he ever actually play for us?
John Otway
12 Posted 01/03/2018 at 09:49:14
Jamie. Too young to remember Glenn Keeley??
Martin Nicholls
13 Posted 01/03/2018 at 09:51:11
Jamie#10 - "the quim"?????
James Hopper
14 Posted 01/03/2018 at 10:42:47
Shit at City...

Then embarrassingly poor in a 5-1 defeat, and then made stupid mistakes against Palace before he was injured.

I'm glad he's on the mend.

I'm equally glad he won't play for us again.

Jim Bennings
15 Posted 01/03/2018 at 11:05:02
James,

Maybe like but I'm equally feeling trepidation watching Williams, Keane, Jagielka and Holgate impersonating defenders in our quest to reach that holy grail of 40 points (something that might not necessarily grant survival anyway)!!

Brian Harrison
16 Posted 01/03/2018 at 11:31:29
While I sympathize with Mangala, it's never nice to get an injury and to get one that could mean you cant play at the World Cup must be doubly annoying.

But I can imagine Moshiri thinking "Can anything else go wrong at this club?" Allardyce has said that both Tosun and Klaassen will struggle to make the first team before the end of the season.

So he has spent £51 million on two players that won't feature much this season, both probably on about £50,000 a week added to the probably £50-60,000 we are paying Mangala. I don't think Moshiri can make money as fast as Everton can waste it.

Jon Hirshman
17 Posted 01/03/2018 at 11:40:47
Jamie at 10, Glenn Keeley on loan from Blackburn (shudder)!!!!
Tim Constable
18 Posted 01/03/2018 at 12:53:09
Per Krøldrup, £5M, 1 appearance, we lost 4-0 I believe.
Dave Bowen
19 Posted 01/03/2018 at 12:55:55
Jamie @# 10. You're obviously too young to remember Glenn Keeley then!
Jamie Evans
20 Posted 01/03/2018 at 13:33:21
I may well be mistaken but it appears some so called fans on here are not in favour of a back 3 of Keeley, Mangala & Krøldrup then?

I'll get my coat.

Les Green
21 Posted 01/03/2018 at 15:05:27
I'm wondering why this is still an Everton story, as he is/was only with us on loan, and I fully expected him to go right back to City once it was recognised as a season-ending injury.

Is he really still at Everton? Or did we throw away the receipt?

Dave Abrahams
22 Posted 01/03/2018 at 15:34:00
For those having a go at Glenn Keeley, remember although Keeley had a horrendous game versus Liverpool and was sent off before half-time. He had told Howard Kendall before the game he wasn't match fit, he hadn't played for weeks. Howard persuaded Keeley he would be okay; Keeley knew best.

In fact, Glenn Keeley was a very good centre-half playing hundreds of games for Blackburn Rovers before and after his Everton experience.

Not long after this, Kendall bought Mickey Thomas, Mickey was injured soon after joining Everton and refused to play for the reserves to prove his fitness for the first team. Howard put him on the transfer list and sold him in a matter of weeks.

Maybe Howard was teaching Mickey a lesson, or he had learned from the Glenn Keeley episode.

Pete Clarke
23 Posted 01/03/2018 at 15:39:17
I sort of blamed Howard Kendall for putting Keeley in that match but at least he made up for it with the trophies that followed.

I actually thought Mickey Walsh was already at the club but was out of favour??

Dave Abrahams
24 Posted 01/03/2018 at 15:45:08
Pete (23), it's quite possible Mickey Thomas was already at the club, not sure myself now, but he was transferred for refusing to play in the Reserves; both the Keeley incident and Mickey's case happened around the same time.
Pete Clarke
25 Posted 01/03/2018 at 15:56:32
I was in the Park End for that bastard of a match and couldn't even leave till the gates opened at three-quarters time. Nightmare of day. I am sure one of the statos will come on and put us right on the Walsh situation.

Actually met Mickey Walsh in a pub over here in Perth. He was drinking with Mick Lyons who has been here for years. Also bumped into Ken McNaught on a minesite a few years ago too. Absolute gentleman of a man and of course a European Cup winner with Aston Villa.

Dave Abrahams
26 Posted 01/03/2018 at 16:08:40
Pete. (23) and (25),

It's Mickey Thomas we are talking about not Mickey Walsh, Walsh came years before Keeley and Thomas> In fact, like his brother, Steve, it would have been better if he had never come at all.

Pete Clarke
27 Posted 01/03/2018 at 16:11:44
Sorry, lost track of myself there.

Well it's just past midnight and time for bed.

Lee Mandaracas
28 Posted 01/03/2018 at 16:22:17
Are we still paying his wages though? If it was one of ours injured whilst on loan, they'd be sent straight back to us to pick up the rehabilitation bills and wages (á la Onyekuru this January). Why don't we appear to be doing the same? Or have I missed something...?
Barry Pearce
29 Posted 01/03/2018 at 16:35:25
I don’t think Anthony Gardner, who we signed on loan. Got any game time.
Simon Hermansen
30 Posted 01/03/2018 at 16:38:09
Yeah, Lee, can anyone clear up if he's still with us (and we're paying his wages) or not?
Tony Everan
32 Posted 01/03/2018 at 17:12:02
Lee, Simon, I think Man City or ourselves will have an insurance that covers long-term injured players.
Gavin Johnson
33 Posted 01/03/2018 at 17:22:34
Not really interested. He won't be playing for us next season.
Alex Mullan
34 Posted 02/03/2018 at 08:35:09
If he makes it back for the final game of the season, he'll be like a new signing.

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