Wesley Fofana is dealing with numerous weeks out after he limped out of Chelsea’s pleasant towards Brentford on Tuesday with a knee harm.
Fofana missed 11 Chelsea video games earlier than the World Cup on account of a knee ligament harm suffered in October however scans revealed he has averted one other vital harm although one that can nonetheless delay his return to aggressive motion.
Fofana was hopeful of constructing his comeback towards Bournemouth subsequent Tuesday however will now see his comeback pushed again till subsequent month.
Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana will probably be sidelined for a number of weeks together with his newest knee harm
Fofana, 22, was making ready to return following the knee ligament concern suffered in October
The 22-year-old signed from Leicester Metropolis again in the summertime in a deal value an preliminary £70million plus £5m in add-ons.
He was solely in a position to make six appearances for the Blues earlier than struggling the knee harm.
Fofana moved to reassure followers his newest harm setback wasn’t a extreme one in an Instagram touch upon Wednesday.
He wrote: ‘Nothing unhealthy champion in not even 1 month we’re again to interrupt every thing.’
The France defender reassured followers with a touch upon an Instagram put up about his harm
Fofana holds his knee after struggling his first harm towards AC Milan again on October 5
Chelsea face a busy January schedule with Premier League video games towards Manchester Metropolis, Fulham, Crystal Palace and Liverpool, in addition to an away FA Cup tie towards Metropolis.
In the meantime, Armando Broja had ‘profitable’ surgical procedure on his ruptured ACL on Wednesday.
The striker suffered the season-ending setback in Chelsea’s winter pleasant towards Aston Villa with a extra exact timescale for his restoration to develop into clearer within the coming days based mostly on how he responds to the operation.
Chelsea have additionally confirmed the appointment of Christopher Vivell as their new technical director.
