Chelsea vs Brighton: Maresca to miss 3 key players due to injury

Enzo Maresca has confirmed that his broadside volition miss 3 archetypal squad players owed to wounded up of the Chelsea vs Brighton fixture.

Maresca’s wounded troubles person deepened, with the nine facing wounded setbacks some successful onslaught and defence up of the must-win Premier League fixture, Chelsea vs Brighton. Just arsenic confirmation arrives that Cole Palmer will beryllium sidelined for respective weeks to afloat retrieve from a persistent groin issue, different large stroke has deed the backline.

Enzo Maresca’s broadside has relied heavy connected Tosin Adarabioyo and Trevoh Chalobah so acold this season, with Wesley Fofana lone conscionable returning aft a agelong absence. The French defender featured successful Tuesday’s Carabao Cup clash, completing his archetypal 90 minutes since past November.

However, his comeback has been chopped short, Fofana sustained a concussion during the lucifer and indispensable present travel the mandatory 12-day protocol earlier helium tin play again, ruling him retired until aft the upcoming planetary break.

To adhd to the frustration, Maresca revealed that Tosin is besides expected to miss enactment until aft the interruption owed to a calf problem. That leaves Chalobah arsenic the lone elder centre-back definite to beryllium disposable for Chelsea’s adjacent 3 fixtures.

Benoît Badiashile is adjacent to returning, though his betterment has been stop-start passim the year. With Levi Colwill already retired for the season, Maresca’s propulsion for antiaircraft reinforcements looks progressively justified.

The lone affirmative for Fofana is that his concussion is unrelated to his long-standing wounded problems. Even so, his lack means helium volition miss cardinal games against Benfica and Liverpool adjacent week, and helium whitethorn erstwhile again necessitate a gradual build-up of minutes erstwhile helium returns successful mid-October.

Up front, Palmer’s lack is different large concern. The 22-year-old was forced disconnected during past weekend’s nonaccomplishment to Manchester United and was seen icing his groin connected the bench. Maresca confirmed that Chelsea person opted to springiness him a implicit remainder play of 2 to 3 weeks to guarantee helium is afloat acceptable aft the planetary break.

“We felt it was champion to support Cole and debar the hazard of aggravating the issue,” Maresca told reporters connected Friday. “He doesn’t request surgery, it’s conscionable astir managing the symptom from truthful galore games. Hopefully, by the clip we travel backmost from the break, he’ll beryllium acceptable to play astatine 100%.”

The Blues look Brighton successful the Premier League this weekend, but they volition person to bash truthful without Palmer, Fofana, oregon Tosin, leaving Maresca with a superior enactment headache.

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