Everton’s Michael Keane out for a month with hairline skull fracture

• Defender taken to hospital after clash of heads at Bournemouth
• Injury will keep Keane out of training for ‘three to four weeks’

The Everton defender Michael Keane sustained a small hairline fracture of his skull during Saturday’s match at Bournemouth and will be sidelined for three to four weeks, his club have announced.

Keane was carried off on a stretcher in stoppage time of the 2-2 draw following a nasty clash of heads with his teammate Idrissa Gueye and taken to hospital.

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