Romeo Lavia missed Chelsea’s pre-season opener after Xabi Alonso confirmed the midfielder suffered from hamstring discomfort.
The vast majority of the Blues squad bought invaluable minutes underneath their belts throughout a 6-4 pre-season victory over Western Sydney Wanderers.
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Nevertheless, the 22-year-old was not amongst these concerned having struggled for health ever since arriving from Southampton three years in the past.
Recurring hamstring points have restricted the teen to only 21 appearances for the west London outfit. Lavia is but to finish 90 minutes in Chelsea colors.
The identical issues resurfaced forward of a pre-season match on Tuesday on the Accor Stadium in Sydney.
Talking in his post-match press convention, Chelsea’s new boss spoke on Lavia’s standing: “He felt one thing within the hamstring.
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“Not an enormous factor. We expect him to be match for Saturday, hopefully.”
It’s hoped that the participant can return for the upcoming conflict towards Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur, which may also be performed in Sydney.
Nevertheless, Lavia’s irritating damage report could immediate the membership to undertake a precautionary method with him.
Previous to the match, Chelsea launched a ‘diary entry’ from the participant, reflecting on how he was feeling forward of the brand new season.
He wrote: “We’ve got all loved working underneath the brand new supervisor, and he has nice expertise within the recreation.
“Pre-season thus far has been about getting the fundamentals in place to construct on, as a result of we wish to have an awesome season.
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“The supervisor was an awesome participant, top-of-the-line of his era. You see that when he steps right into a coaching session.
“He begins pinging balls round in a manner solely those that have performed on the high degree can. It’s a privilege to be working with him, particularly as a midfielder.
“Personally, I’m feeling good. I did numerous work with folks on the membership to make sure I used to be prepared and will begin pre-season robust as soon as we bought going.
“Now come the video games, and we’re trying ahead to getting out in entrance of the followers.”
In the meantime, Chelsea managed to navigate the competition with Western Sydney with no additional accidents regardless of taking part in on a patchy pitch.
The venue had hosted three rugby league matches within the days main as much as the soccer conflict.
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Lavia was not the one participant absent from the travelling squad to not seem, with Filip Jorgensen, Jorrel Hato and Mamadou Sarr unnoticed.
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Jorgensen was on a flight again to Europe to finalise a switch to the Blues’ sister membership, Strasbourg.
In the meantime, Hato and Sarr had been deemed too unfit to start out and performed no half within the match.
