Chelsea’s Delap out for up to three months – Maresca

Chelsea striker Liam Delap could beryllium sidelined until December aft injuring his hamstring earlier the planetary break, manager Enzo Maresca said connected Friday.

Delap signed from Ipswich for £30 cardinal ($40 million) successful June and has featured successful each of Chelsea’s 3 Premier League matches truthful far.

But helium was forced disconnected aboriginal successful the 2-0 triumph against Fulham connected August 30.

“Liam, I deliberation it’s astir 10 to 12 weeks, truthful a agelong mode to go,” Maresca told reporters connected Friday.

Chelsea recalled guardant Marc Guiu from a indebtedness spell astatine Sunderland to screen for Delap aft Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson near the Blues for Bayern Munich connected transportation deadline day.

Maresca besides has different guardant enactment successful Joao Pedro, who arrived astatine Stamford Bridge from Brighton successful July.

But the Chelsea brag admitted Delap’s wounded near him abbreviated of guardant options up of Saturday’s westbound London derby astatine Brentford.

“We person the wounded for definite present successful this infinitesimal arsenic a fig nine,” helium said.

“The lone 1 is Guiu. And Joao (Pedro) besides tin play there. Against Fulham, we utilized Tyrique (George) arsenic a nine. So we tin besides deliberation astir him.”

England guardant Cole Palmer is nearing a instrumentality aft missing Chelsea’s victories implicit West Ham and Fulham with a groin wounded and could beryllium progressive connected Saturday.

But Maresca said determination was a question people implicit the engagement of Joao Pedro, Estevao Willian and Andrey Santos, each of whom arrived backmost successful England connected Thursday aft playing successful Brazil’s 1-0 decision to Bolivia.

Moises Caicedo returned precocious connected Thursday pursuing Ecuador’s triumph implicit Argentina.

Brazil’s crippled took spot astatine an altitude of much than 4,000 metres, creating a further complicating origin successful betterment times.

“The 3 Brazilian players arrived yesterday, they didn’t train, they did immoderate betterment sessions,” said Maresca. “Moises arrived past night. They’re each a question people for tomorrow.”

Maresca said winger Alejandro Garnacho was “working well” since his accomplishment from Manchester United but was not yet 100 percent fit.

Chelsea, who won the UEFA Conference League and Club World Cup successful Maresca’s archetypal season, beryllium 2nd successful the Premier League aft 3 games this term.

The nine were charged by the Football Association connected Thursday with 74 alleged breaches of rules related to payments to agents betwixt 2009 and 2022.

The FA said the charges chiefly subordinate to the play betwixt the 2010/11 and 2015/16 seasons erstwhile the Blues were owned by Roman Abramovich.

“I cognize the nine are satisfied astir the situation, astir the process,” Maresca said.

“Personally I don’t person thing to adhd due to the fact that I don’t person immoderate idea. If I accidental thing I could beryllium wrong. I conscionable absorption connected the transportation side, which I tin control.

“I don’t deliberation the players are excessively disquieted astir the concern to beryllium honest.”

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