Everton will be without the services of midfielder Merlin Röhl when they face Manchester United at Old Trafford on Monday.
Röhl, signed from German outfit SC Freiburg on an initial loan deal this summer, will be out for a few weeks after he underwent a minor operation on a hernia issue following the 2-0 win over Fulham.
"Unfortunately, Merlin had an operation a week last Monday on his hernia. It's going to keep him out for a few weeks,” David Moyes said in the pre-match press conference.
"Hopefully by the time we get around to December, he'll be fit and ready to go again."
The 23-year-old midfielder joins centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite in the treatment room after the latter underwent hamstring surgery last month. Nathan Patterson remains out with a foot and groin issue as well.
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2 Posted 22/11/2025 at 10:39:05
3 Posted 22/11/2025 at 11:45:08
4 Posted 22/11/2025 at 15:22:11
5 Posted 22/11/2025 at 15:43:39
Did they not check his injury record last season?
6 Posted 22/11/2025 at 23:45:37
We have a player, 23, who is adjusting to the Premier League, the most rigorous in the world, and already you are sticking it in because he has picked up an injury. Your verdict? he is suddenly a crock!
Comments 1-5 -- you're all ridiculous!! I said it when he first signed for Everton, and I will say it again: we paid £100M less than the dark side did for their German player and signed a better player, more suited to the Premier League.
Mark my words, this lad is an absolute bargain! Judge him at the end of the season... if you have any patience?
7 Posted 23/11/2025 at 02:29:41
His prior club let him go cause they said he was constantly injured …. So
8 Posted 23/11/2025 at 05:03:05
Wirtz would be terrific in our team right now and would be better able to express himself unlike in the shite side where big money 'stars' have to be played and run into each other and look like discombobulated twats and hard-boiled Slotty has to make 5 subs a game to please his cast of the entitled divas.
Anyone who would take Rohl over Wirtz at this point in time is in your word Martin 'ridiculous'.
9 Posted 23/11/2025 at 15:49:16
Give the lad a break and not a physical one. He is going to be a great player when he settles into the Premier League.
Finally, remember Peter Reid, no one had more injuries than him, he turned out to be rather special didn't he!
10 Posted 25/11/2025 at 09:39:51
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1 Posted 22/11/2025 at 10:15:31