Wesley Fofana offers some positive injury news to Chelsea fans amid concerns over Enzo Fernandez & Romeo Lavia.

Maresca has recently recalled Trevoh Chalobah from his season-long loan at Crystal Palace to provide more reinforcements after Benoit Badiashile also suffered an injury. The Chelsea academy graduate made his return during Monday’s (20 January) victory against Wolves and earned the Player of the Match award for his performance.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has clarified when he expects Wesley Fofana to return from injury after confusion over when he will be available. The defender was tak

The Blues have learned that Wesley Fofana is back on the grass in training. He is still doing individual work, but he has made good progress from his knee problem. Per The Mail, he will be back when Chelsea are in their run-in during February and March. Fofana will be eased back, as manager Enzo Maresca wants to take no risks.

Since Chelsea's takeover, first under Roman Abramovich and now in the Todd Boehly era, the Blues have rarely been shy about spending.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Maresca was naturally quizzed on the situation, the Italian revealing that he was told that Fofana would be absent for between 12 and 16 weeks. He told reporters: "We speak the same language in terms of we communicate between each other in English and in French, so it has been quite clear.

Enzo Maresca believes Chelsea do not need to sign a centre-back this month, despite Wesley Fofana ’s injury. Fofana has been sidelined since early December with a serious hamstring injury and while the player himself is optimistic about the speed of his recovery, Maresca reiterated on Friday that the Frenchman could miss the rest of the season.

Chelsea hope Wesley Fofana can return before the end of the season to help the Blues in their quest to qualify for the Champions League according to journalist Kieran Gill.Fofana has been plagued by

Chelsea’s tenuous hold on fourth place will get a massive test this weekend as we head north to take on Manchester City at the Etihad. We’ve not had much, if any luck there in recent memory, having won just once since 2016 there.

The defender was ruled out for the season by Maresca due to injury, only for the player to take to social media to deny the claims. Maresca said on Friday ahead of their FA Cup third round tie with Morecambe: "We speak the same language in terms of we communicate between each other in English and in French, so it has been quite clear.

Things had been going pretty well for Chelsea on the injury front this season, at least compared to the last few years. The fact that we had a full B team which could take the burden off the main

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