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Keifer MacDonald

Sean Dyche shares Seamus Coleman injury relief as Everton get Brighton boost

Sean Dyche doubts defender Seamus Coleman will play for Everton again this season after being stretchered off in Monday's 2-2 draw at Leicester City.

The Blues' skipper sustained ligament damage after a coming together with midfielder Boubakary Soumare shortly before half-time but revealed on Thursday morning, via a social media post, that he had avoided damage to his anterior cruciate ligament.

Speaking to reporters at Finch Farm ahead of the Blues' upcoming Premier League game against Brighton & Hove Albion, Dyche said of the injury: "It's still going to keep him out. It's still a ligament injury that needs sorting out, but everyone feared it was his ACL, and it's not."

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