One of two big matches of the weekend, and the biggest on Saturday, Everton and Arsenal are squaring off. Unfortunately for Everton they’ll be without Ross Barkely who is recovering from a knee injury.
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“His knee has reacted really well to treatment,” Everton manager Roberto Martinez said, via Sky Sports.
“I don’t know where the figure of five months [in the papers] came from but obviously the extent of the injury is a little unsure at the moment because we don’t know how the next two weeks are going to develop.
“It’s a medial ligament injury and we know that Ross, in terms of the power and the strength that he has in his body, he could easily react to treatment a lot better than other players.
“The length that Ross will be out is a little uncertain at the moment and it could be anything between the eight weeks that we mentioned or a little further. Until the end of the week, or probably the next 10 days, we won’t know how the knee is progressing and how quickly Ross can be back.
“Obviously we are keeping an eye, very closely, on how that knee reacts and every time we have a real improvement we are checking that.
“At the moment his knee is in a brace and this is a very important period of rehabilitation, making sure that the ligament can be repaired in a good position. Obviously we are going to get further updates in days to come but we need to leave Ross alone and leave him to recover.”
How can you tune in to Saturday’s Premier League action? Here is all of the information you will need to check out the action from the opening kickoff:
Date: Saturday, August 23
Start Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Location: Liverpool, England
Stadium: Goodison Park
TV Info: NBC, Mun 2
Radio Info: Sirius XM FC
Online Radio Stream: Talk Sport Radio
Live Stream: NBC Sports Live Extra, Deportes Telemundo En Vivo
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