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Chelsea injury update: bad news for Blues on defender Chilwell

By Thomas Bradley Alderman

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Ben Chilwell of Chelsea applauds the fans at the end of the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge on September 27, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Ben Chilwell of Chelsea applauds the fans at the end of the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge on September 27, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /
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The Pride of London talk about the Chelsea squad amid the arrival of a fresh injury update. And it is bad news for the Blues on defender Ben Chilwell. Ian Maatsen, Levi Colwill or forgotten man Marc Cucurella will have to step up now. Meanwhile CFC head coach Mauricio Pochettino reveals that he wishes to be more involved in transfer recruitment – and rightly so.

Chilwell appeared to be kind of out of favour with his new boss in recent times. Even so far as centreback-by-trade Levi Colwill came in and supplanting the senior England international. Colwill was actually on the bench for the main Three Lions side recently, although he was an unused substitute. As the domestic season got underway, the former Leicester City man was involved in every game. Carrying a slight injury, as the latter supposedly did, never helps either. You can be in the team one minute and out of the manager’s thoughts the next.

Though, unfortunately for the 26-year-old, he will be out for some time possibly. The gaffer offered an ambiguous yet worrying prognosis concerning his player’s latest problem. Chilwell now has a hamstring issue which might perhaps prevent him from featuring for the west London outfit for quite a while. Pochettino was quoted as saying that the athlete suffered a ‘bad‘ injury, but failed to confirm a timescale for a return to action.

Mauricio Pochettino wants to be further involved in Chelsea’s transfer dealings, especially following the uneven summer window spree which left certain Blues areas light

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Can somebody please explain to me why football bosses are not more involved in signings these days? You wouldn’t expect a warehouse manager to be out of the loop regarding hiring – so why does it happen in this industry? Anyway, thankfully ‘Poch’ aims to have a ‘bigger role‘ in the Blues’ future business.

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