Chelsea’s injury-hit Emi Martinez will return to action ‘in a few weeks’

The Argentinian goalkeeper was stretchered disconnected aft a collision during Chelsea’s sojourn to Everton, and aboriginal underwent a surgery.

Goalkeeper Emi Martinez says helium volition beryllium “back successful a fewer weeks” aft undergoing country pursuing a clash of heads during Chelsea’s 2-0 triumph astatine Everton successful the Premier League.

Martinez and Branthwaite came unneurotic erstwhile Everton’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall whipped a escaped footwear into the container and, though the defender was backmost connected his feet aft treatment, the Argentina goalkeeper required attraction from paramedics.

The 34-year-old ‌‌was yet strapped to a stretcher and carried disconnected the tract earlier being taken to infirmary with a concussion, arsenic Argentine media reported helium had suffered a jaw wounded successful the collision.

Martinez collided with Branthwaite portion claiming the shot [Phil Noble/Reuters]

Martinez, wearing a infirmary gown, posted connected societal media aboriginal connected Sunday: “Thanks to everyone for the messages. The cognition went well.

“The astir important happening is that we won and kept a cleanable ⁠⁠sheet. In a fewer weeks we’ll beryllium back.”

Martinez’s wounded forced ⁠⁠Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso to springiness Mike Penders his Premier League debut, and the 21-year-old keeper helped Chelsea support their archetypal cleanable expanse successful the league since January.

Penders, a Belgian younker international, volition ⁠⁠likely person to measurement successful until Martinez is cleared to instrumentality to training.

Chelsea big Tottenham Hotspur successful the league ⁠⁠next Saturday followed by a League Cup fourth-round crippled ⁠⁠at Liverpool connected October 28 and a location Premier League lucifer against Manchester United 3 days later.

Martinez was taken disconnected connected a stretcher [Peter Powell/AFP]