Everton: John Stones could miss rest of 2014 with ankle injury
Everton and England defender John Stones may be out for the rest of 2014 after it was confirmed that he needs surgery on an ankle injury.
The 20-year-old damaged ligaments in the 2-1 defeat by Manchester United and is set to miss between 10 and 14 weeks.
Stones was forced to pull out of Roy Hodgson's squad to face San Marino and Estonia in Euro 2016 qualification.
"It's a clear injury, not a complicated injury," said Everton boss Roberto Martinez.
"It's a little bit of a setback but in John's case we were very worried because those injuries can become a little bit difficult to treat.