Wesley Fofana more likely to miss remainder of Chelsea’s season with muscle damage

Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana is about to overlook the remainder of the season by means of damage however midfielder Romeo Lavia and ahead Marc Guiu may very well be concerned within the run-in.

Fofana has a muscle drawback and never featured since beginning final month’s 1-0 Premier League loss at Arsenal.

Lavia has made solely two Premier League begins since December 1 and suffered a setback in his rehabilitation from a hamstring situation after making his comeback as a late substitute within the sport in opposition to the Gunners on March 16.

Enzo Maresca’s males are in Poland for the primary leg of their Convention League quarter-final in opposition to Legia Warsaw.

“We’re going to assist them for positive as a result of they’re our gamers, as a result of they’re younger, and since they’re human beings and in a second the place they wrestle for various causes, we have to assist them,” head coach Maresca instructed a press convention forward of Thursday night’s match.

“Sadly, Wes will likely be out for the remainder of the season. Hopefully we will get (again) Romeo very quickly. I don’t know if for the subsequent sport however he seems fairly good when it comes to being again quickly.

“We have to assist each after which on the finish of the season we’ll see.”

Spain Beneath-19 ahead Guiu sustained a long-term damage in Chelsea’s 2-1 win over West Ham in early February.

The 19-year-old, who joined from Barcelona final summer time, hit six targets throughout the league part of the Convention League.

“Now we have excellent news on Marc,” stated Maresca.

“From in the present day he seems fairly good, significantly better, and he might be again earlier than the season finishes.”

Chelsea sit fourth within the prime flight, stage on factors with fifth-placed Newcastle, following Sunday’s goalless draw at west London rivals Brentford as they chase Champions League qualification.

Maresca urged his younger staff to stay calm amid what’s anticipated to be a hostile house crowd within the Polish capital.

“To begin with, we can’t permit exterior issues to alter the best way we expect or behave,” he stated, referring to the ambiance.

“For positive tomorrow the setting right here will likely be good. We have to expertise this type of sport, this type of second, that for positive after tomorrow’s sport we’re going to be a greater staff as a result of we’d like that.

“We’re very younger however in the identical second we’d like these form of video games to enhance.”