Chelsea injury news: Romeo Lavia update provided by Xabi Alonso after 10-goal Western Sydney Wanderers thriller

Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia missed Tuesday's pre-season affable against Western Sydney Wanderers with a hamstring injury.

Xabi Alonso's archetypal authoritative crippled successful complaint materialised into a thrilling 6-4 victory implicit the A-League nine successful a fixture wherever the Blues trailed connected 3 occasions.

The Spaniard named a youthful XI for the archetypal fractional earlier turning to immoderate of the club's stars aft the break.

However, contempt the anticipation that helium would beryllium connected the substitutes' bench, determination was nary quality for Lavia.

Speaking aft the match, Alonso revealed wherefore the Belgian subordinate failed to gain immoderate minutes.

Alonso reveals Lavia wounded issue

As quoted by The Standard, Alonso said that Lavia "felt thing successful his hamstring".

The Spaniard added that it was "not worthy taking the risk" connected a subordinate who has been plagued by fittingness issues successful his 3 seasons astatine Stamford Bridge.

On a much affirmative note, Alonso hinted that determination was a accidental of the 22-year-old being capable to instrumentality against Tottenham Hotspur connected Saturday.

Should Chelsea see Lavia loan?

Since arriving from Southampton for successful excess of £50m successful 2023, Lavia is yet to implicit 90 minutes for Chelsea.

He already finds himself down Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez and Reece James successful the pecking order, arsenic good arsenic realistically connected a par with Dario Essugo up of the imaginable arrival of Jordan Henderson from Brentford.

Although Lavia brings prime to the squad erstwhile helium is fit, the erstwhile Manchester City youngster whitethorn payment from a alteration successful scenery to spot if helium tin enactment wide of injury.

Chelsea are not successful a presumption to merchantability Lavia, a effect of nary clubs being funny successful paying what they request to debar a nonaccomplishment connected their accounts.