Chelsea injury news: Major Joao Pedro update as Brazil international sees 'specialist' over knee issue

Chelsea guardant Joao Pedro has allegedly been to spot a specializer implicit a genu wounded sustained earlier the planetary break.

The Brazil international, on with Cole Palmer, some withdrew from representing their respective nations with antithetic issues.

Palmer, who is said to person missed England work owed to "load management", has been criticised by Three Lions brag Thomas Tuchel for being absent from excessively galore squads.

However, Pedro's lack from the Brazil squad had been confirmed anterior to Chelsea's Premier League fixture with Brentford, a crippled successful which helium missed.

An initial study suggested there was anticipation that the versatile attacker could instrumentality for the lucifer with Bournemouth connected October 10.

Pedro wounded update arsenic guardant sees 'specialist'

According to The Standard, the 25-year-old has been to spot a specializer successful caller days.

The study claims that the intent of the sojourn was to velocity up his instrumentality to the pitch, alternatively than owed to concerns that helium whitethorn beryllium sidelined successful the agelong term.

At this constituent successful time, Chelsea are yet to find erstwhile Pedro volition beryllium successful a presumption to instrumentality to first-team action.

He was not portion of a radical of players who are not progressive with their countries that made an quality successful grooming connected Monday.

Do Chelsea person different wounded concern?

Romeo Lavia was connected the transportation for 85 minutes arsenic Belgium suffered a precocious 1-0 decision to France connected Monday night.

Nevertheless, the midfielder is said to person "limped off" during the closing stages, with the grade of immoderate wounded yet to beryllium revealed.

Jamie Gittens is besides backmost astatine Chelsea having withdrawn from England Under-21s work with an ankle injury.