Donovan rules out Everton return
Landon Donovan has all but ruled out returning to Everton on loan for a third time, claiming he needs to take a break from football.
Donovan enjoyed a brief spell at Goodison Park in 2010 during the Major League Soccer off season and returned 12 months ago for another short stay.
The USA international was linked with another loan spell with the Toffees, but having struggled with knee and hamstring problems all year, he is looking to recover over the winter, ending any prospect of him returning to the Premier League.
Indeed, the 30-year-old has intimated that he could decide to hang up his boots permanently.
“I’m going to take as much time as I need and decide if and when I’m ready to come back. I can’t put a time frame on that. If it takes two weeks and I’m ready to go again or two months or a year or two years. Or never. I don’t know,†Donovan told the Los Angeles Times.
“I’m aware of what I’m feeling, what I’m going through. And if I wake up one day and I say, ‘you know what? I’m going to come back and play’, then I’ll be here within an hour.
“If that doesn’t happen, if I wake up and I say, ‘you know what? That’s enough’, then I’ll let the people know who need to know and I’ll get on with my life.â€