Chelsea have been handed a blow as one in every of their summer time signings has picked up an damage in coaching that may preserve him sidelined till November on the earliest, it has been revealed.
Chelsea make detached begin to Premier League
To this point, Enzo Maresca’s Premier League debut marketing campaign has obtained off to a blended begin. The Blues fell to a 2-0 defeat to Manchester Metropolis on the opening day of the season however fought properly and got here away from the sport with loads of reward.
They then confirmed a glimpse of their potential as they thrashed Wolves 6-2 the next week, however stumbled to a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace of their most up-to-date Premier League outing and struggled previous Swiss facet Servette FC within the Convention League qualifiers, dropping the second leg of the tie however heading by means of on mixture courtesy of an important objective from Christopher Nkunku.
Their early season type has left them sitting in eleventh place, 5 factors off prime spot within the Premier League as they head into the worldwide break, which ought to act as a pure pre-season for these left on the membership after extra wholesale modifications this summer time.
However now they’ve been hit with the information that they are going to be with out one in every of their summer time additions for the subsequent two months on the very least.
Chelsea man picks up damage in coaching
That comes as younger expertise Omari Kellyman is now set for one more spell on the sidelines after he picked up an damage in coaching. Kellyman, who has simply two Premier League appearances to his identify, accomplished a £19m switch to Stamford Bridge this summer time, with Ian Maatsen becoming a member of Aston Villa in a seperate deal as either side battled monetary truthful play rules.
However he’s but to make his senior debut for the Blues – the 18-year-old arrived carrying a knock, after which educated with the U21s as he seemed to return to match health.
|
Kellyman’s PL 2 profession thus far |
|
|
Appearances |
23 |
|
Objectives |
10 |
|
Assists |
2 |
|
Minutes per objective involvement |
111 |
He featured for the U21 facet in opposition to each Tottenham and Everton, however was not part of the squad for his or her conflict with Middlesbrough over the weekend. Now, he has revealed that the explanation for that is that he has picked up one other long-term damage. Taking to Instagram, Kellyman wrote: “Gutted to have suffered one other lengthy hamstring damage. A part of the sport however I will be again stronger.”
The damage in query is about to maintain him sidelined till November on the earliest, in keeping with BBC sport journalist Nizaar Kinsella.
Although not anticipated to develop into a primary crew common at Stamford Bridge this season, Kellyman’s damage woes will come as a serious frustration to each him and the membership with reference to his delevopment, with {the teenager} having set them again a considerable price and unavailability that means that he can’t depart on mortgage or be built-in into the primary crew beneath Maresca.
He isn’t alone on the therapy desk in west London although; Reece James can be sidelined, whereas Romeo Lavia and Malo Gusto are each nursing accidents, although the pair may return after the worldwide break.
