Everton star Nathan Patterson to miss Euro 2024 with Scotland
Everton defender Nathan Patterson has been ruled out of making Euro 2024 with Scotland after his hamstring injury, it has been confirmed.
Patterson was substituted during the 6-0 defeat to Chelsea last month and was ruled out of the rest of the Premier League campaign.
John Carver, Steve Clarke’s assistant for the Scotland national team, has now confirmed that both Patterson and Brentford defender Aaron Hickey have lost their battle to be fit for the tournament alongside Lewis Ferguson.
“You can also throw Nathan Patterson from Everton into that as well,” he said, when speaking to STV Sport (20 May).
“It’s three big players for us (including Lewis Ferguson) and three players who have done extremely well for us in the qualifiers and in recent times. The good thing is they are three young lads who hopefully have World Cups and Euros to come in the future, so we won’t forget about them.
“They have done a great job for us but it’s obviously someone else’s opportunity now because those guys won’t be with us. It’s no good worrying about it, we can’t affect it, so we have to be positive and the guys coming in will be competitive and this is an opportunity for them.”
Everton future up in the air for Nathan Patterson
The Toffees have got an abundance of options at right-back in the squad currently, and Patterson is most certainly one of them.
But Ben Godfrey is seemingly the first-choice currently after starting a big run of games towards the back-end of the season, while veteran duo Seamus Coleman and Ashley Young have both been offered a new deal at Goodison Park.
Based on how the most recent season went, that would see Patterson being fourth-choice option once again and considering he is 22-years-old he really needs to be playing regularly.
With Everton in a position where financially they need to raise funds, if they can find a buyer this summer then the chances are that he will be allowed to leave the club permanently or on loan.
It seems like the end of the road, but for the player himself it’s a chance for him to start his career fresh and potentially make it back to the national team setup before the World Cup in 2026.
In other Everton news, the club want to sign this £15.7m winger as the selling club’s stance has emerged.
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