Fofana’s drama continues

bad news for Mauricio Pochettino and in Wesley Fofanawhose drama in Chelsea just keep going. The French central defender, who was included last summer by the ‘blues’ paying 80 million euros to City of Leicestertorn anterior cruciate ligament, as reported by the Stamford Bridge club on Tuesday.

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“Wesley Fofana underwent ACL reconstruction surgery. The 22-year-old did not travel to America due to medical tests which unfortunately confirmed that an operation is necessary. rehabilitation”, read the statement released of the club itself. Chelsea a few minutes ago.

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Second as ‘blue’

This is the second knee injury for fofana within Chelsea. The first occurred last October in a Champions League match against Milan and, in principle, he only needs to keep him off the pitch for between three and four weeks. However, he missed out on the Qatar 2022 World Cup and being out for more than four months, because in December he suffered from said injury in a friendly against him Brentford.

Additionally, when he was healthy he also did not perform at the level expected. His sad performance at the Santiago Bernabéu remains a memory, where he lived a real nightmare with Vinicius in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

We will see how your injury affects the planning of Chelsea 2023-24, which now has six other central defenders in its squad: Thiago Silva, Benoit Badiashile, Levi Colwill, Malang Sarr, Trevoh Chalobah and Ethan Ampadothat the future points to City of Leicester.

Chalobah, the one that causes the most doubt

Silva and Badiashile is indisputable, while the return of Colwill in Brightonwhere he played on loan last season, is more complicated after the injury of fofana. Sarr will appear safe, that the future of Chalobah the one that generates the most doubt.