Sylvain Distin major doubt for Everton FC's key Europa league match in Athens tonight

SYLVAIN Distin has emerged as a major injury doubt for Everton's key Europa league match in Athens tonight.The French centre-back is suffering from a hamstring strain and becomes the latest name on a long injury list, leaving manager David Moyes with a selection headache ahead of the Group I game with AEK.If he does not recover enough to take part at the Olympic stadium, it could mean Moyes having to ask rookie defender Shane Duffy or fellow youngster Shkodran Mustafi to form a makeshift and completely untried centre-back partnership with Tony Hibbert.Lucas Neill and John Heitinga are ineligible for the game, and Joseph Yobo is also ruled out with a hamstring injury suffered in Sunday's derby.Despite travelling to the Greek capital with the squad, Jack Rodwell is also unlikely to return.Moyes said: 'We have had to do with the likes of Tony Hibbert and Phil Neville playing at centre-half already this season and it makes the game more difficult.'We have got to look at it for what it is. We will be going into the game with possibly a really young centre half depending on how Sylvain is.'

Source: Liverpool_Echo