Gbamin set to miss two months with thigh injury

LONDON, Aug 28 (AFP): Ivory Coast international Jean-Philippe Gbamin is expected to be sidelined for eight weeks his Premier League club Everton revealed on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old midfielder-signed from Bundesliga outfit Mainz for a reported £25 million ($31million) in the close season-has a right thigh injury which prevented him from playing in last Friday's 2-0 defeat by Aston Villa.

"Everton Football Club can confirm that Jean-Philippe Gbamin has sustained a tendon injury in his right quadriceps muscle, which will keep the midfielder out of action for at least eight weeks," Everton said in a statement.