Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Gylfi World Cup hopes on ice

- BY DAVID MADDOCK

EVERTON fear Gylfi Sigurdsson’s season could be over.

And that is devastatin­g for Iceland, with the play-maker facing the prospect of missing the World Cup.

Sigurdsson jarred his knee during Saturday’s 2-0 win over Brighton and Blues boss Sam Allardyce reported afterwards that it was just a “knock”.

But after assessing the injury, medics sent the midfielder for a scan and now wait anxiously for news.

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