A glute injury has forced James Tarkowski to travel home early from Everton’s pre-season training camp and miss their friendly at Sligo Rovers
19:27, 19 Jul 2024Updated 19:29, 19 Jul 2024
James Tarkowski travelled home early from Everton’s pre-season training camp with a glute injury. The Blues are hopeful the issue is minor at this stage, with Sean Dyche telling the ECHO his early return was simply a precautionary measure.
The injury meant Tarkowski missed Everton’s opening game of pre-season, an entertaining 3-3 draw at Sligo Rovers as club captain Seamus Coleman enjoyed an emotional return to his former club.
Tarkowski is thought to have suffered his injury on Thursday during work at the club’s pre-season training camp in Ireland. The centre-back is famed for his physical resilience and played in every single Premier League game last season.
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A senior character in the dressing room, he forged an impressive partnership with Jarrad Branthwaite during the most recent campaign and should his injury be worse than feared then it could lead to Everton having to reconsider some of the club’s summer transfer plans.
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Speaking to the ECHO pitchside at The Showgrounds after Everton’s draw at Sligo, Blues boss Dyche said of Tarkowski: “At this stage it is a minor situation. We are hopeful on that, and he seems okay with that.
“It is a precautionary thing. We have got a couple of others who we are just monitoring and they have come through it okay.
“They will get a low-key day tomorrow, a recovery day, a down day on Sunday then we will pick up again on Monday. They have got another big week coming so they have got some work to do.”