Chelsea injury news: Blues loanee suffers "two fractures" during early weeks at EFL club

Chelsea youngster Ryan Kavuma-McQueen has suffered what are described arsenic "two fractures" successful his hand.

Despite being conscionable 17 years of age, the Blues starlet has earned a indebtedness spell astatine Championship nine Portsmouth.

Rather than beryllium eased into regular elder enactment by Pompey brag John Mousinho, Kavuma-McQueen has already established himself arsenic an important subordinate of the squad.

One extremity has been scored successful 252 minutes crossed 5 Championship appearances, with 3 starts being made during that time.

However, aft Portsmouth's 2-0 triumph implicit Cardiff City connected Saturday, Mousinho revealed details of an wounded that Kavuma-McQueen was carrying.

Chelsea starlet Kavuma-McQueen suffers fractured hand

As per BBC Sport writer Dan George, Mousinho stated that the existent program is for the youngster to play with a splint connected his hand.

He said: "He’s got 2 fractures successful his close hand, and just play to him arsenic determination was an enactment for country oregon to support playing. It’s astir symptom absorption for now.

"He went implicit the advertizing hoardings connected Tuesday nighttime and he’s got a splint connected his hand.

"He’ll astir apt person to deterioration that for astir 4 weeks earlier it’s afloat healed and past astir apt different 4 weeks aft that to marque definite there’s nary much damage."

Will Kavuma-McQueen instrumentality a interruption from enactment with fractured hand?

Given the extended planetary interruption that is coming up, Portsmouth lone person 2 matches to play until October 11.

A travel to Charlton Athletic connected September 12 is followed by a location brushwood with Blackburn Rovers 7 days later.

Although Kavuma-McQueen is apt to person the accidental to walk the interruption connected planetary work with 1 of England's younker squads, it whitethorn marque consciousness for him to person a implicit remainder for 3 weeks.