Everton defender Yerry Mina is fit and available for selection but new boss Sean Dyche seemingly just isn’t picking him.
That’s according to The Athletic, who claim that Mina isn’t carrying any lingering injury issues right now and would be available to play.
However, Mina appears to be down the pecking order under Sean Dyche and is stuck on the bench.
There are always fears that Mina is carrying some kind of injury that may be keeping him out of the starting XI, but that isn’t the case right now.
It’s added that Everton may well be planning for a future without Mina.
Dyche started out with James Tarkowski and Conor Coady as his centre back pairing, the same duo regularly used by Frank Lampard.
Michael Keane has partnered Tarkowski in the last couple of games though, with both defenders having history with Dyche from Burnley.
Mina hasn’t played a single minute under Dyche yet and his time at Everton may well be coming to an end.
Yerry Mina needs to leave Everton
Everton forked out £30million to sign Mina from Barcelona back in the summer of 2018.
The giant centre back had impressed at the World Cup in Russia and Everton thought they had found their star defender of the future.
Whilst Mina has largely played well when he has been in the team, his availability has been a major problem.
Mina seems to be permanently injured at this point and he is just never able to get any momentum going.
The 28-year-old has started just three league games this season and managed just 11 last term.
Mina has never passed 25 league starts in a single season for Everton and he just can’t be relied upon for a prolonged period.
The time may be right for Mina to move on; his contract ends this summer and being left out of this Everton side must be a blow.
Maybe Dyche will change his mind in the coming weeks as Everton attempt to stay up, but it looks like Mina will be leaving soon enough.
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