Anjishnu Roy 03/09/2025 12comments  |  Jump to last

Vitalii Mykolenko has left the Ukraine national team training camp due to an injury. 

Mykolenko had suffered an injury in the final pre-season game against AS Roma but made his return to the pitch against Mansfield Town in the Carabao Cup before facing Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.

“After an MRI, the Everton player was found to have an injury sustained in matches for the club. Because of this, Mykolenko will not be able to play in the September 2026 World Cup qualification matches against France and Azerbaijan. Serhiy Rebrov's coaching staff has called up Vladyslav Dubinchak for these matches,” read a statement from the Ukrainian Association of Football.

The 26-year-old was pictured leaving the training camp and is likely to return to England.

In his absence, David Moyes had to play James Garner at left-back against Leeds United and Brighton. Adam Aznou, who was signed from Bayern Munich as an understudy to Mykolenko this summer, was also suffering from an ankle injury. He returned to action for Everton U21s on Tuesday when they were narrowly defeated at Docaster Rovers.

 

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Paul Hewitt
1 Posted 03/09/2025 at 16:38:01
He should never have gone. Only been back a few games.
Jack Convery
2 Posted 03/09/2025 at 17:04:56
We need a LB pronto. Not to mention that other problem position - RIGHT BACK !!!!!
Paul Kossoff
3 Posted 03/09/2025 at 17:18:58
A few free defenders on here Moyes should look at.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/vertragslosespieler
Jonathan Oppenheimer
4 Posted 03/09/2025 at 17:19:38
He was clearly not right in the Wolves match. Hopefully it didn’t get too much worse while with the national team and he can recover in the next month or so, but if it’s significantly worse, we’re in trouble.

But unless Aznou is that raw and not good enough, if he’s healthy I’d like to see him given a run to see what he’s capable of.

Ian Bennett
5 Posted 03/09/2025 at 17:29:09
We had a loan bid turned down for Chilwell apparently before he went France.
Phil (Kelsall) Roberts
6 Posted 03/09/2025 at 17:33:24
Jack - Transfer and Loan window has closed until 1.1.2026 so it is Free Agents or Nobody.
Robert Birks
7 Posted 03/09/2025 at 19:01:33
He is beginning to like the treatment room.
January 2 full backs please.
Rob Hooton
8 Posted 03/09/2025 at 19:11:02
Bit of a blow, I quite like Myko who has been defensively solid - I thought he was improving at getting forward last season when Moyes came back and was hoping he might kick on a bit this season (we know DM likes his fullbacks to get forward last).

Hope it’s a isn’t serious, also hope Aznou is ready to take his chance and stake his place in the team - he probably wasn’t expecting it so soon.

Rob Dolby
9 Posted 03/09/2025 at 19:20:02
He didn't look fit against Wolves and was probably rushed back.

I wouldn't bet against him starting against villa.

Oliver Molloy
10 Posted 03/09/2025 at 19:41:30
The club getting a bit of stick regards this - if true the fitness guys at Everton have questions to answer.

“Mykolenko left the national team due to a diagnosed muscle problem,” he said.

“A big thank you to Everton who managed to get the player back on the pitch on the 18th day after his muscle injury and immediately gave him two 90-minute games in three days.

“This is blatant unprofessionalism and amateurism. There are a lot of emotions, let them look for the guilty, but this is the structure of the barbell – from the coaching to the medical staff of Everton.

“It’s incredible that this is happening at a club of the English Premier League level in 2025.

“It is difficult for me to imagine how a coach with the appropriate coaching education and understanding of football can make such decisions and deliberately expose a player to the risk of injury, which does not benefit the club, the national team, the player himself, or even the coach himself, who loses a key fighting unit.

Oliver Molloy
11 Posted 03/09/2025 at 19:52:05
The club getting a bit of stick regards this - if true the fitness guys at Everton have questions to answer.

“Mykolenko left the national team due to a diagnosed muscle problem,” he said.

“A big thank you to Everton who managed to get the player back on the pitch on the 18th day after his muscle injury and immediately gave him two 90-minute games in three days.

“This is blatant unprofessionalism and amateurism. There are a lot of emotions, let them look for the guilty, but this is the structure of the barbell – from the coaching to the medical staff of Everton.

“It’s incredible that this is happening at a club of the English Premier League level in 2025.

“It is difficult for me to imagine how a coach with the appropriate coaching education and understanding of football can make such decisions and deliberately expose a player to the risk of injury, which does not benefit the club, the national team, the player himself, or even the coach himself, who loses a key fighting unit.

Julian Wait
12 Posted 03/09/2025 at 19:54:13
Not much to get excited about in the free agent ranks either

https://www.teamtalk.com/news/free-agents-available-each-position

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