Wrexham's Evans to face 'months' on sidelines

George Evans signed for Wrexham in 2023

League One: Wrexham v Northampton Town

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Midfielder George Evans is expected to be out for "months" due to ankle surgery, according to Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson.

Evans, 29, will undergo an operation on Tuesday after he was taken off injured during the League One defeat at Stevenage on Tuesday.

However, Parkinson says defender Max Cleworth's ankle injury is not as serious.

"It's such bad news for George. He's got bad ankle ligament damage and he's going to have an operation on Tuesday," said Parkinson.

"Until that operation happens we won't know a definitive timescale on it, but it's a lot more serious than Max's injury.

"It's such a blow for George, he'd just got himself really up to speed, got himself back in the picture.

"It was a nothing incident, strange really. He tried to carry on and his ligaments just gave way. All we can do is get the operation done as quickly as possible and give him the best rehab going forward.

"It's going to be months with George. What we've been told is that when the surgeon looks inside he'll understand the extent of the damage more, so we don't want to put a timescale on it."

Evans' injury came one game after Cleworth's own ankle ligament injury, sustained against Leyton Orient.

"Max has still got a lot of swelling in the joint so the medical department are waiting for that to go down to see how stable the ankle is, so he's in a boot at the moment, but the scan results are certainly not as serious as George's," added Parkinson.

"He's young and a quick healer and hopefully we'll get him back sooner rather than later because he was playing so well."

Meanwhile striker Paul Mullin is in contention to play against Northampton Town on Saturday having come through a late fitness test due to calf tightness before the Stevenage game.