13 - Yerry Mina - Physio room warmer

Yerry Mina departed Barcelona earlier in the month of August and joined Premier League side Everton, a deal which featured a buy-back clause in his new contract. Barcelona sold the Colombian centre-back for 30.2 million euros, just six months after signing him for 11.8m euros, and they will be able to re-sign him for 60m euros if they believe he is worth bringing back. However, they won't be able to activate that buy-back clause until at least 2020.The defender can't, therefore, be taken back to Catalonia next summer, but Barcelona would be able to sign him in any of the other subsequent transfer windows during his five-year Everton contract.

Everton centre-back Yerry Mina suffered a hamstring injury playing for Colombia against South Korea, despite the Goodison Park club warning his national team over the risk of overplaying the 24-year-old.

Super wrote:

Everton centre-back Yerry Mina suffered a hamstring injury playing for Colombia against South Korea, despite the Goodison Park club warning his national team over the risk of overplaying the 24-year-old.

Sack the Juggler wrote:https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/06/07/report-evertons-yerry-mina-to-join-fenerbahce-on-loan/

why would we allow Mina to go out on loan when we have lost Jags and Zouma?

Sack the Juggler wrote:https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-defender-yerry-mina-handed-16894009

Mina given a £10,000 slap on the wrist for appearing in an online betting commercial

Armchair wrote:

Sack the Juggler wrote:https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-defender-yerry-mina-handed-16894009

Mina given a £10,000 slap on the wrist for appearing in an online betting commercial

Less than a day's salary. What's the point?

Armchair wrote:Out for 8 weeks.

Rotterdam 1985 wrote:Really going to miss this fella when he's gone.

https://twitter.com/NoContextEPL/status/1661122200533979136

Tonteau wrote:

Rotterdam 1985 wrote:Really going to miss this fella when he's gone.

https://twitter.com/NoContextEPL/status/1661122200533979136

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Rotterdam 1985 wrote:85 league games in 5 seasons with us. Average 17 games a season. Tragic really, he's a gem, one of the best centre backs we've had in decades, just ruined by injuries.

Yankthattoffee wrote:

Rotterdam 1985 wrote:85 league games in 5 seasons with us. Average 17 games a season. Tragic really, he's a gem, one of the best centre backs we've had in decades, just ruined by injuries.

Just not sure as to why Dyche didn't start him earlier. Statistically the best we have, and hugely influential on the players around him.
Havertz isn't any great shakes, but he just about humiliated him at GP a while back.
With the injuries to Mina, DCL, and not having a great 6 or 10, we've had a poor backbone for a few seasons.
The backbone's connected to the success bone. Now hear the word....

Rotterdam 1985 wrote:

Yankthattoffee wrote:

Rotterdam 1985 wrote:85 league games in 5 seasons with us. Average 17 games a season. Tragic really, he's a gem, one of the best centre backs we've had in decades, just ruined by injuries.

Just not sure as to why Dyche didn't start him earlier. Statistically the best we have, and hugely influential on the players around him.
Havertz isn't any great shakes, but he just about humiliated him at GP a while back.
With the injuries to Mina, DCL, and not having a great 6 or 10, we've had a poor backbone for a few seasons.
The backbone's connected to the success bone. Now hear the word....

My assumption has always been that Mina plays when he's fit, and doesn't play when he's not fit.

Tarko excepted, the idea that any footballing brain could prefer any of our other CBs over a fit Mina is just mind-blowing. But he's been injured more than not for us, so we don't know how much his ability to last 90 minutes (or even 20 minutes) came into play as far as Dyche is concerned, until maybe he felt he had no choice.

I honestly think he's the most talented centre back we've had since Ratcliffe/Watson, when fit. We had Jags and Distin who were very good and very consistent for us over a long period of time. We had one great season out of Heitinga. We had Richard Gough, a fine player, right at the fag end of his career. They're the only CB's since the 80's who come close. We've had Mina for five years and it's just a shame we couldn't make more use of him.