Everton suffer ‘a real disaster’ as unlucky Leighton Baines is set for 12 weeks outEverton and England international left-back Leighton Baines faces a lengthy lay-off with an ankle injury The 30-year-old could undergo surgery after suffering the injury at the Toffees' Finch Farm training ground on Friday Baines to miss key Everton games and England's matches in September Everton’s worst fears over Leighton Baines are set to be realised with the left back facing a lay-off that could last until November.The England defender had surgery in May to repair his right ankle ligament but suffered an injury in the same place at the club’s Finch Farm training base at the end of last week. He will now visit a specialist but it seems inevitable another operation will be required.Roberto Martinez described the setback as ‘a real disaster’ and games against Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United are among those he is set to miss.
Baines will also be out of England’s four remaining Euro 2016 qualifiers. His absence, though, will not force Martinez to reassess his transfer plans.
Xherdan Shaqiri, the Inter Milan playmaker, is Martinez’s top target. He also wants River Plate defender Ramiro Funes Mori, and a striker.
Martinez was relieved to escape a difficult opening match with a point.
With better fortune, Watford would have hung on following the goals by Miguel Layun and Odion Ighalo. They are two of 22 foreign players in Quique Flores’s squad and the Watford boss says it will be hard to trim that number to 17.
‘It will be difficult,’ he said. ‘We have 22 different nationalities but they are a unit. They understand perfectly what we want.’
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