Martinez Confirms Gareth Barry Leg Not Broken

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Gareth Barry suffers ankle ligament damage.


Everton manager Roberto Martinez says Gareth Barry suffered an ankle ligament injury in the 1-1 Premier League draw at Sunderland.

Former England midfielder Barry was stretchered off early in the first half of Sunday’s match at the Stadium of Light after sustaining the injury in a challenge with Sunderland’s Jordi Gomez.

Initially, there were fears that the 33-year-old, who has started all eleven of the Toffees’ Premier League matches this season, had broken his tibia.

“He has gone straight to hospital – he will have an X-ray and we will see the extent of the injury,” Martinez told BBC Sport.

“At the moment we just hope that it is positive news.”

Speaking later to a news conference, however, Martinez confirmed that Barry had suffered ankle ligament damage rather than a broken leg.

“Happy to confirm that it’s not the broken leg we were worried about. There is ankle ligament damage we must assess,” he said.

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Trying to be positive, if it was going to happen at anytime then happening during this two week break is at least some comfort.

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