Nathan Patterson has suffered an injury blow just as the former Rangers right-back was starting to get going at Everton.
The 20-year-old has been an ever-present for the Toffees in the early part of this Premier League season and had hoped to carry that on into international territory. But that has been brought to a premature end against Ukraine in Nations League action at Hampden, substituted with a problem and replaced by Brentford full-back Aaron Hickey.
He was taken off on a stretcher after initially trying to continue and it's a major blow for the Rangers academy prodcut and Everton, who's first six months at Goodison Park following a January move to Merseyside were hampered by injury. National team boss Steve Clarke spoke pre-match of his delight in seeing Patterson playing regularly for the first time.
