Everton midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin has suffered Achilles injury in training and will undergo surgery next week.
The Ivory Coast international has been sidelined since August last year when he sustained quadriceps problem in training and had a surgery to the affected thigh.
The midfielder has only featured twice for the Goodison Park outfit since joining the Premier League club last summer from German Bundesliga side Mainz.
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The 24-year-old was nearing a return to action, having joined the rest of Carlo Ancelotti’s men in training ahead of the restart of the Premier League scheduled for June 17.