Everton have launched an internal investigation to discover the source who allowed sensitive information about Jarrad Branthwaite’s fitness to become public knowledge.
Branthwaite, the promising young defender whom David Moyes hopes will one day become an England regular, damaged his hamstring on Wednesday and is out of Monday’s Premier League opener at Leeds United.
Moyes will not elaborate on the length of time Branthwaite will be out but it is understood the injury is in a similar area of his right hamstring, which he first aggravated during the final game of last season against Southampton.