Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has spoken out about the injury to Romeo Lavia, who is out for the rest of the season.
Lavia, who joined from Southampton in the summer, for €62.1M has only played 33 minutes for Chelsea this season.
Lavia has had yet another injury set-back, in what has been a miserable first season for the midfielder. Pochettino has sympathised with his situation.
“Yes, it’s really difficult situation for him. He’s sad. He’s not happy because he only plays 30 minutes. For a new player arriving at the club”, said Pochettino.
“It’s a thing that sometimes happens in football. When the club signed him, he arrived with problems from Southampton. He could not train with us in the first months.
“When he started to be ready to prepare, he suffered a problem in his feet. And then he recovered, played only 30 minutes and got injured.
“From December, we didn’t have the possibility to train with him because he was never available or really close. After December, four months, never we had the possibility to train with him. Really sad news.”
Chelsea continue to have more injury issues, with six other first team players out, including captain Reece James, Robert Sanchez and Levi Colwill.
Ben Chilwell is a doubt for the game against Burnley, but Cole Palmer will be in contention after playing for England on international duty.
“We still need to assess a few players like Chilwell after playing two games. I think he got a knock in his knee. Today, he wasn’t ready to train”, said the Chelsea boss.
“He (Palmer) is okay and training well. Still one more training session tomorrow but if he responds tomorrow in the same way, he will be available on Saturday.
“Enzo has still not arrived.”
