Noni Madueke has been dominated out till after the worldwide break as try and reignite their bid to qualify for the Champions League.
Madueke suffered a hamstring harm in that noticed Chelsea drop right down to sixth within the desk and out of the Champions League qualifying positions.
Chelsea are Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu till after the worldwide break in March, and Madueke has now been added to the checklist.
Whereas Madueke’s absence is one other blow to go coach Enzo Maresca, it’s hoped his harm shouldn’t be as dangerous as first feared and that he is not going to miss a major variety of video games.
Chelsea face Aston Villa, Southampton, Leicester Metropolis and Arsenal forward of the worldwide break, earlier than entertaining Tottenham Hotspur after it on April 2.
Madueke’s harm signifies that Chelsea can be with out two of their high three goalscorers for at the least the following 4 video games. Cole Palmer is the membership’s main scorer, forward of Jackson and Madueke, who has scored eight targets this season.
Insiders have strongly refuted options that Palmer, or every other participant, has a clause of their contract that will permit them to go away if Chelsea fail to qualify for the Champions League.
Chelsea have received simply two of their final 9 League video games and haven’t received away from residence within the high flight since beating Tottenham on December 8.
Regardless of the poor run, Maresca has obtained the general public backing of Chelsea director Jonathan Goldstein, who, in an interview with Bloomberg tv, stated: “He’s doing an excellent job.
“Chelsea began the season very effectively. The previous six weeks have been, , discovering their toes somewhat bit extra. However Enzo has clearly achieved an excellent job in bringing the crew collectively, bringing the expertise by.”
Requested if Maresca would keep for the remainder of the season, Goldstein replied: “100 per cent.”