Anjishnu Roy 11/04/2025 6comments  |  Jump to last

Jesper Lindstrom, on loan from Serie A aside Napoli, is out for the rest of the season after having a hernia operation. The Danish winger might have played his last game for Everton and hasn’t been seen on the field since the international break in March.

“Well, unfortunately, Jesper had a hernia operation yesterday, so that’ll probably rule Jesper out for most of the season now,” said David Moyes in his pre-match press conference.

“So that’s disappointing for him and for us, because he’d started to show some decent form in the last month or so, he was an important player for us.”

Lindstrom joined the Blues on loan from Napoli last summer and has managed just one assist in his time with the club so far. 

On a more positive note, Vitalii Mykolenko and Dwight McNeil have returned to full training but aren’t expected to start against Nottingham Forest this weekend. Mykolenko suffered a thigh injury during the international break with Ukraine while McNeil, who has been out with a knee injury since December, returned to the field in the 1-1 draw with Arsenal.

“We’ve got Myko back on the grass training,” Moyes said on Friday.

“Dwight [McNeil] is back and we’re still trying to get them up to speed but they’re certainly in and around things.”

Dominic Calvert-Lewin, struggling with a hamstring problem since the end of January, has also returned to grass and Moyes revealed that he is likely to return to the field in three weeks.

“Dom’s out on the grass and he’s training,” said Moyes. “I think because it’s been a hamstring injury, it’s not the sort of thing where we can say ‘Hey, we can speed it up greatly and bring them back’.

“I think we’re trying to follow all the protocols with it and try not to bring him back too quickly. But we’re sort of roughly thinking, we’ve got another three weeks on Dom before we’re even probably talking about getting him back into full-time training or games yet. “I’m not sure, but we certainly think we’ll give him another three weeks before we can start mentioning him.”

The 28-year-old has only scored three goals for Everton this season. He is out of contract this summer and has apparently, rejected the recent contract extension offered to him.

 

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Martin Reppion
1 Posted 11/04/2025 at 14:57:32
Lindstrom Joining Mangala on the 'what might have been' list.
If I was a revolving door installer I'd be contacting the club. This summer is going to be very busy.
Dave Abrahams
2 Posted 11/04/2025 at 15:09:38
Talking about Lindstrom. “ He’d started to show some decent form in the last month or so, he was an important player for us”

Just leave it at that.

Mike Gaynes
3 Posted 11/04/2025 at 15:11:48
Well, that should be it for Jesper. Best of luck to you, lad.
Ian McAvoy
4 Posted 11/04/2025 at 15:28:58
Kinda disappointed in DCL. On his day he is a good striker. But he has become a sicknote in the last three seasons. Doesn’t sit well with me that he has refused a new contract extension worth £125k a week. Given his output he should be limping his way to the headmasters office to put pen to paper. As for not rushing him back? Either Moyes has given up on him or thinks he will sign a new contract. If he’s going on a free at the end of the season, why do we care if he is brought back too early, risking injury again. Hes being paid a kings ransom for sitting on the sidelines. .
Si Cooper
5 Posted 11/04/2025 at 17:51:04
It used to seem like ‘accepted wisdom' that some players took longer to adapt to the English game. Now it seems people are much more impatient for players to shine.

Not having a crystal ball, I can't say whether Lindstrom would ever have made it to the requisite level, but I do feel he generally didn't get the credit he deserved for being a definite ‘trier'.

Is the hernia a consequence of not having a suitable physiology or (part of) the reason he hasn't been quite good enough?

Moyes's words seem quite positive, but unless the player is agitating for the switch and it's either another loan or a cut-price deal, I can't see him appearing for us again.

Eric Myles
6 Posted 11/04/2025 at 18:08:00
Ian #4,

Given Calvert-Lewin's fitness history and our financial struggles, I'd think the contract extension offer would have been withdrawn by now.

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