Chelsea injury news: Calum McFarlane delivers quadruple blow ahead of Liverpool showdown

Interim caput manager Calum McFarlane has revealed that Chelsea imaginable Jesse Derry volition miss the remainder of the season.

The academy prima was handed his archetypal Premier League commencement connected Monday arsenic the Blues squared disconnected against Nottingham Forest.

However, the 18-year-old was progressive successful a clash of heads with chap youngster Zach Abbott soon earlier fractional time, starring to him being stretchered disconnected aft respective minutes of treatment.

Derry has since released a nationalist connection to amusement his gratitude to those who assisted him, portion McFarlane suggested aft the fixture that the starlet had shown affirmative signs of recovery.

Nevertheless, speaking astatine a property league connected Thursday, McFarlane said that the teen would not beryllium progressive for the remainder of 2025-26.

McFarlane provides Derry update

While not acquainted with each of the details, McFarlane reiterated that the "early signs were positive" for a afloat recovery.

He told reporters: "I spoke to Jesse's dada the nighttime it happened and the household yesterday. It's positive.

"I don't person the insights to spell into monolithic details but the aboriginal signs are positive. As agelong arsenic he's healthy, that's each that truly matters. He's not going to beryllium disposable betwixt present and the extremity of the season."

Chelsea endure further triple wounded blow

Meanwhile, McFarlane revealed that goalkeeper Robert Sanchez would beryllium sidelined with the caput wounded that helium suffered against Forest.

Furthermore, Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho are "unlikely" to instrumentality from the knocks that they suffered successful the build-up to the erstwhile fixture.

On a much affirmative note, McFarlane revealed that Levi Colwill and Reece James are successful enactment to beryllium disposable this weekend.

Colwill came done 45 minutes connected his instrumentality from a superior genu wounded connected Monday, portion James has continued to travel done grooming unscathed aft a caller hamstring injury.