John Injury: Expected to miss rest of season

John (knee) is expected to miss the rest of the 2025/26 season, manager Sean Dyche told media Wednesday. "John Victor is injured unfortunately and has had a minor operation on his knee, so he'll be out for a little bit. We're not sure on the timescale yet... He's going to be out for a while. It's an unfortunate one."

John suffered a knee injury in the 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa on Jan. 3 right when he was on a run of six straight starts in the Premier League. If the Brazilian ends up missing the rest of the campaign, that means George Shelvey and Angus Gunn would operate as Matz Sels' backups, though Sels would get all the starts in both the EPL and Europa League if he stays healthy. John made eight starts between the Premier League and Europa League, allowing nine goals, making 11 saves and posting three clean sheets.