England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford will have a scan on Monday to check on the recurrence of a rib injury that saw him substituted after 43 minutes of Everton’s 2-1 home defeat against Burnley.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti hasn’t totally given up hope on the 27-year-old recovering in time to face Manchester City in next weekend’s FA Cup quarter-final but the goalkeeper did miss three weeks with a similar issue earlier in the season.
England manager Gareth Southgate will also be an interested observer as he prepares for three World Cup qualifiers at the end of the month.
‘We don’t know how bad the injury is but he had the same problem in the past month when he was out for some games.