Everton midfielder Ross Barkley has suffered a fractured
toe and will miss three to six weeks of action.
Barkley sustained the injury in his club's 4-0 FA Cup win
over QPR on January 4 and is almost certain to miss the Merseyside derby at
Liverpool at the end of the month.
After the midfielder sat out Saturday's 2-0 win at home
to Norwich City, Everton manager Roberto Martinez revealed fears that he could
be without Barkley for a prolonged period.
He said: "It looks like he's going to be out for a
while.
"It could be (broken) and that's what we're worried
about. It's a very similar incident to the one Leighton Baines had.
"Some can go a couple of weeks and others a bit
longer like Leighton. Because it was a bad one it took six weeks."
Baines missed six games after picking up the same injury
in the first Merseyside derby of the season at Goodison Park in November.
Culled from Soccerway
