Everton midfielder Andre Gomes has been spotted back on his feet after undergoing successful surgery on his horror ankle injury. The Portuguese player was on the receiving end of a mistimed tackle from Tottenham’s Son Heung-min on Sunday. Son was sent off for the tackle, which resulted in Gomes suffering a fracture dislocation of his right ankle, but his red card has since been overturned by the FA. Images of Gomes’ injury circulated widely online but TV cameras did their best to avoid showing the incident.

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Gomes has now been pictured on crutches after Everton provided an update on his surgery and explained that the midfielder was discharged from hospital. A statement on the club’s official website said: “Following a successful operation yesterday, Andre Gomes has now been discharged from hospital and will continue his rehabilitation under the care of the Everton medical team. “The Blues midfielder underwent surgery to repair a fracture dislocation to his right ankle yesterday, with the procedure going extremely well.” Gomes is unlikely to play for the rest of the season and team-mate Cenk Tosun explained that the squad were devastated.

Andre Gomes was spotted on crutches after Everton star underwent surgery on horror injury

Andre Gomes is likely to miss the rest of the season

He said: “I just hope and pray he comes back stronger. We will give him the motivation he needs. “It will be a tough time for Andre but sometimes in football, these injuries happen.” Defender Mason Holgate added: “In the dressing room afterwards It was really flat. It was like we had been beaten. He is all our friend and our team-mate so we are all gutted and wishing him the best.

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