Chelsea injury news: Enzo Maresca admits Wesley Fofana opinion on hamstring different to medical staff

Chelsea caput manager Enzo Maresca has confirmed that Wesley Fofana is targeting a quicker instrumentality from a hamstring wounded than predicted.

Having missed the entirety of past play with a superior genu injury, Fofana impressed during the opening three-and-a-half months of this campaign.

However, connected his 12th Premier League commencement against Aston Villa connected December 1, the France planetary sustained an contented with his hamstring that was initially expected to support him sidelined for a month.

Instead, the centre-back is not adjacent to returning to action, Maresca suggesting past week that helium could beryllium absent for the remainder of 2024-25.

Fofana quickly rejected that claim, insisting that helium hoped to beryllium backmost successful enactment successful March and questioned wherefore Maresca had indicated that it would beryllium a longer timeframe.

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'There is nary problem'

Speaking astatine a property league connected Friday, Maresca was people quizzed connected the situation, the Italian revealing that helium was told that Fofana would beryllium absent for betwixt 12 and 16 weeks.

He told reporters: "We talk the aforesaid connection successful presumption of we pass betwixt each different successful English and successful French, truthful it has been rather clear.

"I spoke with Wes - the 12 to 16 weeks the nine mentioned is the situation. Wes is reasoning helium tin retrieve sooner than that. We are each blessed if Wes' recovers [quicker] and volition beryllium disposable for tomorrow, but we are going to see.

"There is not immoderate problem, I conscionable told you what the aesculapian unit said to me, that it is astir 12 and 16 weeks. Wes is reasoning helium tin retrieve earlier than that. We are each blessed if Wes is backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible."

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Aaron Anselmino has already been recalled from a indebtedness play astatine Boca Juniors with the presumption of the young Argentine yet being considered for a first-team role.

However, Maresca added successful Friday's media briefing that the 19-year-old would not beryllium available for Saturday's FA Cup third-round necktie with Morecambe.

Chelsea are presently considering whether they volition callback Trevoh Chalobah from his indebtedness spell with Crystal Palace oregon make a bid for chap Eagles subordinate Marc Guehi.

Speaking successful the aforesaid property conference, Maresca hinted that some options are presently being considered.

Levi Colwill, Tosin Adarabioyo, Josh Acheampong, Axel Disasi and Renato Veiga are each options to commencement versus the League Two outfit connected Saturday.

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