{"id":440935,"date":"2025-09-21T12:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T12:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/440935\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T12:47:18","slug":"merlin-rohl-injury-update-after-everton-deadline-day-signing-missed-liverpool-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/440935\/","title":{"rendered":"Merlin Rohl injury update after Everton deadline day signing missed Liverpool defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Moyes said he believed the 23-year-old had only suffered a minor setback<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_GettyImages-2234627949.jpg\" alt=\"Merlin Rohl during the Premier League match between Everton and Aston Villa at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA\/Getty Images\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Merlin Rohl during the Premier League match between Everton and Aston Villa at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt &#8211; AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">David Moyes believes Merlin Rohl will be able to return to his plans soon after he missed the Merseyside derby through injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">The midfielder, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/everton-complete-merlin-rohl-transfer-32391565\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">a deadline day signing<\/a> from Freiburg, was a surprise absence from the Blues squad when it was announced on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">But the hope is the knock is a minor one that will not hamper his efforts to integrate into his new side.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/jack-grealish-everton-liverpool-derby-32518131\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"32518131\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Grealish fumes at two refereeing decisions in Everton derby defeat &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;ve never seen&#8217;<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_GettyImages-2236411139.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>OPINION<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/joe-thomas.png\" alt=\"Author avatar\"\/>Joe Thomas<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Speaking after <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/everton-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/what-jack-grealish-faced-full-32517897?utm_source=liverpool_echo_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=post-match_efc_newsletter&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=&amp;ruid=669a9a3d-29cc-4a63-b3d5-5da5c1d2b196&amp;hx=c64cc3d947c26e4de90af5769ac899e8bdd0f897c21223b387f514885c49ad55\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">fell to a 2-1 defeat at Anfield<\/a>, Moyes said: \u201cHe just picked up a small injury in his hip\/groin area. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s too bad, but it was just enough that it wasn&#8217;t going to get him involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Rohl would have been a useful asset for Moyes to have been able to call upon had he been available. The 23-year-old has the versatility to play across several midfield roles &#8211; helpful given the lack of depth in that position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">That vulnerability was one of the reasons Everton moved for the Germany Under-21 international after a late push for West Ham United\u2019s Tomas Soucek hit the buffers. Rohl, who came off the bench to make his debut against Aston Villa last week, had been on Everton\u2019s radar for around a year and Moyes had attempted to bring him to Merseyside in January. His move is a season-long loan deal but will be made permanent <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/everton-complete-merlin-rohl-transfer-32391565\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">for a fee of around \u00a318m<\/a> should Everton avoid relegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Moyes said he believed the 23-year-old had only suffered a minor setbackMerlin Rohl during the Premier League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[1467,94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-440935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-everton-fc","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115242365503179854","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}