Everton's Keane suffers small skull fracture

Everton have confirmed defender Michael Keane suffered a small hairline fracture of the skull during Saturday's 2-2 draw at Bournemouth but there are no other complications related to the injury.

Keane clashed heads with team-mate Idrissa Gueye during the closing stages of the match at the Vitality Stadium, having earlier scored his first Premier League goal for Everton.

The former Manchester United and Burnley player was admitted to Poole Hospital but the nature of his injury means he is expected to return to full training next month.

"The 25-year-old defender will be unable to engage in head contact for between three and four weeks, from which point he will be able to resume full training," read a statement on Everton's official website.





 


Thank you for all the well wishes and support. I’m okay but suffered a small hairline fracture of the skull which will heal itself and means I won’t be able to have any head contact for 3-4 weeks. I will be back with my team and back on the pitch as soon as I can after that. I also want to say a huge thank you to the medical staff at Everton and Bournemouth as well as all those at Poole Hospital for their excellent treatment and care. Was so happy to get my first @premierleague goal for @Everton just gutted we didn’t take the 3 points but we keep our unbeaten start going

A post shared by Michael Keane (@michaelkeane93) on Aug 26, 2018 at 4:01am PDT





Keane has been capped four times by England and joined Everton from Burnley for £30million in July 2017.