Chelsea’s player suffers injury during international break

Chelsea Football Club person confirmed that Dario Essugo has had country connected a thigh wounded which helium suffered connected planetary work with Portugal Under-21s.

The Portuguese Football Federation revealed that Dario Essugo felt a musculus occupation successful his close thigh during a game. The midfielder, who joined Chelsea from Sporting successful June would beryllium retired for a lengthy play of clip which has not been specified.

Chelsea released a connection connected its website connected Tuesday, September 9, 2025, revealing that Essugo had undergone surgery.

The connection read,

“Midfielder Dario Essugo has undergone palmy country contiguous connected his thigh. The 20-year-old sustained the wounded whilst connected planetary work for Portugal's Under-21s.Medical assessments confirmed country would beryllium the required people of enactment and Dario volition present statesman his betterment astatine Cobham, supported by the club's aesculapian department.”

Essugo besides posted a photograph of himself sat upright and smiling aft his palmy surgery. He wrote,

"Unfortunately, during this planetary interruption with the National Team I felt thing successful my thigh that volition support maine retired for a while. It is frustrating to commencement the play similar this, particularly aft already facing different setback not agelong ago. But I genuinely judge everything happens for a reason. God has a bigger plan. I volition beryllium backmost stronger.”

Essugo was signed arsenic a backup for Moises Caicedo, and has been named connected the seat for each of Chelsea’s archetypal 3 Premier League games. His lone 3 appearances for the nine came arsenic a substitute astatine the Club World Cup implicit the summer.

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