Source: Liverpool_Echo
New Everton injury blow as Phil Jagielka undergoes cartilage surgery
Phil Jagielka injury against Man City 300[LNB]EVERTON have been dealt a second major injury blow in a week after Phil Jagielka required an operation on his troublesome knee.[LNB]The 27-year-old had to go under the knife to repair a cartilage tear his left knee, ruling the England international until the New Year.[LNB]A setback in Mikel Arteta's recovery from a similar knee ailment, with the Spanish star having to have his knee washed out, greeted the Blues manager at the start of the week.[LNB]But Moyes is refusing to let the club's casualty list get to him, or his healthy squad members and remains defiant in the face of these trying times saying he needs to come to the fore and find the right answers to Everton's puzzling form.[LNB]With no win in seven games, and the latest defeat coming at the hands of Benfica in Thursday's Europa League game, Moyes is determined to halt the winless run at West Ham United on Sunday but with Louis Saha struggling and Steven Pienaar still ruled out, his options are limited.[LNB]Moyes said: 'Jagielka had an operation this week on a tear in his meniscus in his cartilage. He had it done on Wednesday afternoon. We think he will be out for probably four to six weeks. He was due to start light non-contact training this week.[LNB]'It was just part of his rehabilitation. When you get your cruciate done, it nearly always damages your cartilage. What they do now, they don't take your cartilage out, they save it. It tends to be there can be a wee tear in it, so they stitch it together to save it.[LNB]'But sometimes the other side of the cartilage is affected, and the other side has a nick in it. So they have sutured it back together.[LNB]'Most people who now get their cruciates done, it does sort of rip the cartilage. Joe Cole had the same thing, and that's what has happened with Jags.[LNB]'He was down when he heard about it, but he is on the road to recovery now.
