Lukaku to miss Everton's Dubai camp with calf injury
Everton are heading to Dubai for a mid-season training camp, but top scorer Romelu Lukaku will not be among those travelling.
Romelu Lukaku will sit out an Everton training camp in Dubai to receive treatment for a calf injury.
The club has announced the 23-year-old is visiting his native Belgium to see a doctor over the issue.
However, the Toffees are confident Lukaku's injury is not serious and he will be fit for their next Premier League outing against rock-bottom Sunderland on February 25.
The only other first-team player missing from the trip is Yannick Bolasie, who is a long-term absentee with a knee injury.
| hasn’t travelled to ’s training camp due to a calf problem but will be fit to face SunderlandFebruary 14, 2017
Lukaku has been in superb form this season, scoring 16 goals in 24 league outings - a return bettered by only Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez.
Get FourFourTwo Newsletter
The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.
‘Milan didn’t collapse against Liverpool in Istanbul. We lost focus for six minutes – for the other 114, we played an extraordinary, beautiful game’: AC legend claims they were 'extraordinary' against Reds in 2005 Champions League final
‘Charlton could have qualified for Europe, but selling Scott Parker to Chelsea made the difference. The manager didn’t want him to go and there was a disagreement’: Former Addicks star highlights key reason why they failed to maintain 2003/04 form