Costa Rica defender, Bryan Oviedo has been ruled out of the World Cup starting, June 12.’
The Everton full-back broke his tibia and fibula during his team’s the FA Cup fourth-round victory at Stevenage in January, missing the rest of the season as a result of the injury.
At that time it was believed that he would be fit again before the World Cup.
However, his team doctor, Alejandro Ramirez today confirmed that he would need more time to recover and would not be available for any of the team’s group matches.