Everton striker Louis Saha will miss rest of the season following ankle surgery

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Everton striker Louis Saha is set to miss the rest of the season following surgery on an ankle injury.

The French forward, who has scored 10 goals this season, was injured during the Toffees’ 2-1 victory over his former club Fulham.

Now Everton manager David Moyes has confirmed Saha’s season may be over, leaving them short of attacking options for the remainder of the current campaign. With the likes of Yakubu on loan at Championship side Leicester and Victor Anichebe struggling to come into form, hope will lie on former Leeds United man Jermaine Beckford to step up to the task.

The former Manchester United man has been in blistering form of late, and speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday’s clash with Aston Villa, the Everton boss bemoaned his side’s growing injury list.

“We have got a lot of injuries,” Moyes told reporters. “Louis has had an operation this week which will probably rule him out for the season.

“It is football isnt’ it. You pick up injuries and we try not to talk too much about them but we have a spate of them at this present time.

Saha joins a growing list of absent players on the injury list which is currently occupied with the likes of fellow key men such as Mikel Arteta who is suffering from a hamstring problem and Marouane Fellaini who also has an ankle injury.

“Mikel Arteta has been away in Spain for a few weeks, recuperating and recovering from his hamstring problem. He is due back over the weekend and we will see how he is.”