Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca has confirmed each Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana have been sidelined by recent muscle accidents.
The Blues as soon as once more misplaced Lavia within the build-up to the 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur leaving him on 14 appearances for the membership since his arrival in 2023, and he was later joined on the sidelines by Fofana shortly earlier than the victory.
Fofana had hoped to have shaken off his long-term harm points when he established himself as a key participant throughout the early months of Maresca’s reign, however a hamstring harm despatched him again to the sidelines in December. There have been considerations it could have been a season-ending problem however the centre-back made his return early final month.
“A muscle downside a couple of days in the past and we’re ready for some extra checks,” Maresca stated of Fofana’s problem, confirming it was the identical for Lavia.
“Each identical downside, muscle downside.”
Maresca declined to supply a possible timeframe for the pair to return however confirmed Lavia was seemingly going to be the primary to make his comeback.
“We do not know but,” the Chelsea boss defined. “We’re ready for each. Romeo seems somewhat bit higher harm in comparison with Wes, when it comes to in all probability Romeo will be again sooner than Wes.
“Should you evaluate Romeo’s video games this season to final season, he is already improved. As a result of this season it was troublesome to go the opposite approach. However the goal with Romeo is simply to attempt to preserve him match as a lot as we will.
“The following 12 months he’ll play extra video games than this season.”
