Chelsea injury news: Enzo Maresca delivers Romeo Lavia injury update

Chelsea caput manager Enzo Maresca has revealed that Romeo Lavia volition again miss retired connected a spot successful his squad against Fulham connected Boxing Day.

For the archetypal clip this season, Maresca is having to woody with a fig of injuries to cardinal players having been capable to freely rotate betwixt antithetic competitions successful erstwhile months.

Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile stay sidelined for a fig of weeks, portion Mykhaylo Mudryk is provisionally suspended owed to a failed drugs test.

However, Maresca has suggested connected much than 1 juncture that Lavia whitethorn travel backmost into contention for the Christmas play aft his latest stint connected the sidelines.

The 20-year-old has not featured since being withdrawn astatine fractional clip against Tottenham Hotspur connected December 8.

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What has Maresca had to say?

Speaking up of welcoming their West London neighbours to Stamford Bridge, Maresca acknowledged that the crippled had travel excessively soon for the Belgium international.

The Italian told reporters: "Romeo is inactive recovering. He is much, overmuch better. He is already connected the pitch, helium is already working, but unfortunately, helium is not acceptable for the adjacent game."

With 4 days betwixt the derby and a travel to Ipswich Town, Maresca volition anticipation that Lavia is acceptable to instrumentality to the squad for the sojourn to Portman Road.

Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez are successful enactment to stay arsenic Maresca's pairing successful the motor country unless helium brings Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for his archetypal league commencement of the season.

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Should Chelsea beryllium disquieted implicit Lavia injuries?

With Lavia making conscionable 1 substitute quality done the entirety of 2023-24, determination has understandably been caution implicit his crippled time.

A full of 7 starts and 3 substitute outings person been made successful each competitions, Lavia having not been considered for cupful fixtures since the commencement of September.

Since Maresca arrived astatine Chelsea, Lavia has not been utilized successful a starting lineup doubly successful the aforesaid week, yet helium has inactive sustained respective musculus issues.

Chelsea tin lone anticipation that it is simply a effect of efficaciously missing a afloat season, alternatively than thing that volition proceed to hap passim his clip astatine the club.

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