Jarrad Branthwaite and Merlin Röhl out for West Ham clash | OneFootball

Everton will be without Jarrad Branthwaite and Merlin Röhl when they face West Ham United at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday night.

The Blues will look to turn things around after consecutive setbacks, including a loss to Liverpool in the league and being knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Wolves this week.

They’ll be up against a struggling Hammers outfit who recently sacked manager Graham Potter and are currently in the relegation spots with one win in five games.

Everton boss David Moyes was asked about his team’s injury updates in the pre-match press conference.

"Fine," said Moyes, when asked about Branthwaite's rehabilitation. "He'll not be available for Monday, neither is Merlin. Both of them are out."

Asked whether Branthwaite has resumed full training, Moyes added: "Not at the moment. We're expecting him back shortly but not yet."

Branthwaite has missed every single game so far after suffering an injury following the final pre-season friendly against AS Roma. He also missed a large chunk of the pre-season with injury.

Meanwhile, Deadline Day signing Röhl made an impressive debut in the goalless draw with Aston Villa two weeks ago but has remained on the sidelines out with a hip injury ever since.

Reader Comments (24)

Jim Bennings 2 Posted 27/09/2025 at 16:21:26

Branthwaite still hasn't even resumed full training, we'll be lucky if he's on the pitch before early November.

Röhl seems to have been struck instantly by the Everton injury hex.

Pat Kelly 4 Posted 27/09/2025 at 16:36:45

Röhl missed a combined 3 months and 19 games for Freiburg last term with respective ligament tears, heel injuries and fitness issues.

Why do we sign crocks? We're obliged to buy this one.

5 Posted 27/09/2025 at 16:58:11

Christy & Pat,

Not exactly a ringing endorsement from Röhl's ex-manager at Freiburg, explaining why he sold him:

“There were external factors like injuries and illness, which Merlin couldn't do anything about and had to be accepted. After his return in the second half of the season, the team performed well, and it wasn't easy for him to get into the starting eleven.

“What role will Merlin play with us? On which position can he secure a regular starting spot? (…) What difference does he make in terms of points and assists? Because if you don't make such a transfer, you have to get consistent value on the pitch in return. Merlin also wanted to take this exciting step for himself – and for us, the conditions were right.

“I'm confident in the quality and quantity of the squad even without Merlin. He rarely played in the central midfield positions of six or eight, but was mostly deployed in attacking roles. Especially behind the striker, we have players like Johan Manzambi, Eren Dinkci and Yuito Suzuki, who we believe can develop well with regular playing time.”

So he is injury-prone and not good enough to get in the Freiburg team. Sounds like another Gbamin.

Jim Bennings 9 Posted 27/09/2025 at 17:15:12

So basically, what Röhl's ex-manager has said is he's Fabian Delph, the second coming.

Martin Farrington 10 Posted 27/09/2025 at 17:20:33

Our transfer policy is consistent then. Signing players with a history of injuries.

I understand we are a pretty poor prospect for any player. But is there really a point to signing players who are more than likely, or are prone to injuries?

Sigh...

Sean Mitchell 13 Posted 27/09/2025 at 17:59:05

Injury FC.

New ground, same curse.

Christy Ring 14 Posted 27/09/2025 at 18:02:39

Jim #9,

At the time Jim, I couldn't believe we were signing the injury-prone Delph, turned out to be one of the worst and most expensive signings, considering he played so little games, the worst £8.5m ever spent.

Did Silva bring him in to replace McCarthy?

Jeff Spiers 17 Posted 27/09/2025 at 18:43:45

Slot has really spat his dummy out.

Tony Abrahams 18 Posted 27/09/2025 at 19:16:48

What has he said Jeff? I was listening to a couple of Liverpool fans waxing lyrical about Slot, yesterday and had to tell them both to get their fuckn hands together when they said the man talks so much sense

Martin Berry 19 Posted 27/09/2025 at 20:02:35

Stop winging, for goodness sake. You should be working in a funeral parlour that would suit your despondency!

These are both young players with plenty of time to heal and improve. Let's see where we are in November, when they're both back, if not before.

Ryan Holroyd 25 Posted 28/09/2025 at 13:33:03

Because Everton don’t want to sell himJerome

You utter fruitcake

It's a bit early to call Jarrod injury prone but at the same time, he missed 21 games last year and 7 so far this.

Last season was a recurring groin issue which kept him out for 3 months, but from October to end of the season, he was fit.

This year's is a hamstring as we all know and he was also out for 6 games with the same injury when he was at Feyenoord.