Everton lose midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin for around three months

Everton midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin is set to be sidelined for around three months after undergoing surgery.The 24-year-old has played just twice for the Toffees since arriving from Mainz in the summer, with his last outing coming against Watford in August.An Everton statement read: Everton Football Club can confirm that Jean-Philippe Gbamin has undergone surgery on a tendon injury in his right quadriceps muscle, which will keep the midfielder out of action for around three months.The 24-year-old had returned to light training at the start of this month but suffered a setback in his rehabilitation. As a result, the summer signing from Mainz underwent surgery in France on Tuesday.The Ivory Coast international arrived at Goodison Park for a reported 25million at the start of August.He made his debut for Marco Silvas side as a substitute versus Crystal Palace, with his first start arriving a week later against Watford.Everton had hoped Gbamin would be able to avoid surgery, but his absence adds to the problems facing Silva whose side sit in the relegation zone after a poor start to the season.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){

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