Chelsea injury news: Wesley Fofana could miss rest of the season, admits Enzo Maresca

Chelsea caput manager Enzo Maresca has revealed that Wesley Fofana faces a contention against clip to play again this season.

Having missed the entirety of 2023-24 owed to a superior genu injury, the defender's crippled clip has been cautiously managed since Enzo Maresca's arrival.

From the mediate of August done to the commencement of December, Fofana endured minimal issues arsenic helium made 12 starts successful the Premier League.

However, the France planetary sustained a hamstring wounded against Aston Villa connected December 1 and has not featured since, the archetypal diagnosis being a period to six weeks connected the sidelines.

Speaking astatine a property league connected Friday, Maresca conceded that the 24-year-old had suffered yet different superior wounded that whitethorn spot him beryllium retired the remainder of the campaign.

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"It was worse than we thought"

Maresca was quizzed respective times by the media, archetypal indicating that Fofana would beryllium "out for a precise agelong time".

When pushed connected the taxable aboriginal successful the property conference, Maresca revealed that determination were fears that Fofana would not beryllium seen successful a Chelsea garment for the adjacent 5 months.

The Italian said: "Unfortunately helium could beryllium retired for the season. We don't cognize precisely but helium could beryllium retired for portion of the season.

"Every clip you inquire maine astir Wes, I said galore times I americium successful emotion with Wes."

He added: "It was the archetypal update and the archetypal accusation we had but having a test, we realised it was worst than what we thought astatine the beginning.

"It is hamstring and unfortunately, we are going to suffer him for a while."

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How volition Chelsea react?

With Benoit Badiashile besides absent until astatine slightest February, Maresca is near with Levi Colwill, Tosin Adarabioyo and Axel Disasi arsenic his remaining 3 cardinal defenders.

Renato Veiga tin besides beryllium deployed successful the mediate erstwhile required, portion Reece James would go an enactment if Chelsea were to determination to a backmost three.

Maresca has suggested that Aaron Anselmino - who has been recalled from his indebtedness astatine Boca Juniors - volition not beryllium considered for enactment successful the abbreviated term.

As a result, Maresca and the club's recruitment are near to find whether they participate the transportation marketplace for a caller centre-back earlier the extremity of the month.

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