Everton (United Kingdom) (AFP)

Midfielder André Gomes, released on a stretcher ten minutes from the end of the game against Tottenham on Sunday, suffers from a broken right ankle with dislocation, his Everton club said in the evening.

"Everton can confirm that André Gomes is going to have surgery after fracturing his ankle in the Tottenham match," the Mersey club said in a statement, noting the move would take place on Monday.

"After examinations at the hospital, it was confirmed that he was suffering from a fracture, with dislocation, of his right ankle," the club added.

At first, Everton coach Marco Silva of Portugal did not want to clarify the injury, obviously very serious, of his compatriot, saying only that "André left to the He is with our medical team and it is better to wait for news. "

"Of course it's a bad time for us as a group, it goes beyond football and we give him our full support," he added.

The midfielder was evacuated on a stretcher after long minutes of interruption to the game. He was the victim of a very late tackle by Korean striker Son Heung-min who knocked him down Serge Aurier who came into contact.

The game's referee, Martin Atkinson, first pulled out a yellow card, but soon the horrified reactions of Gomes' teammates to see what he had and Son himself made it clear that the injury was very serious.

English television did not show the whole of the slow motion, so it is difficult to know if his leg has turned in his fall after the foot has crashed into the ground, or if it is the shock with Aurier who caused the injury.

But on some of the photos taken after the incident, the player's right foot was clearly visible at 90 degrees to his leg, suggesting that it was at least a broken ankle and / or leg.

Finally excluded, Son left the field face in his hands, while Serge Aurier prayed on the ground. Marco Silva also seemed very moved when his player was evacuated.

"It was not really good, I did not want to look at what happened," admitted Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli at the Sky Sports mic near the game.

"I went into the locker room and Son is devastated, he's crying but it's not his fault, he's one of the kindest people you'll ever meet, he would not have wanted to do something like that, "he added.

"It was really unlucky how he landed on this action.Football is not important, it's his situation that is important," added Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino, who said press conference that Everton's captain, Seamus Coleman, had come to console Son in the Spurs' dressing room after the match.

Everton and Tottenham finally split 1-1 with the Toffees equalizing in added time.

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