According to The Athletic, Chelsea should communicate in the coming hours on the absence of Christopher Nkunku, injured in the left knee during a friendly match against Dortmund. He could be gone for several months.
A new blow for Christopher Nkunku (25)? According to a journalist from the English site The Athletic, the news would not be too good after the examinations passed by the Frenchman, touched in the left knee last week during a friendly match against Borussia Dortmund (1-1). The club should communicate this Tuesday on the nature of the injury and the duration of the absence of the French international (10 caps).
Hit in the left knee like last year
The former Leipzig player, who arrived at Chelsea this summer, already suffered a left knee injury last season during training with the France team a few days before the 2022 World Cup. competition and returned to the field almost four months later. According to some echoes, he could this time be absent for at least two months. It would be a blow for the former PSG player who was coming out of a convincing preparation with his new club (3 goals in 4 games).
Nkunku was injured after a duel in the friendly against Dortmund before limping off the field. “Doctors are checking and I hope it’s not a big problem,” Blues coach Mauricio Pochettino said after the game. penalty and he feels something in his knee, but we hope it’s nothing serious. We hope he can return to the team soon. We need a few days to assess him.”
The former Tottenham technician had not wanted to target the poor quality of the pitch as a potential factor in this injury, while an Ed Sheeran concert a few days earlier seemed to have damaged the lawn badly. “We took risks as the pitch is not perfect as the facilities are used for another sport, he noted. We are not going to blame the pitch for the injury though. For me it is not was bad luck.”
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2023-08-08 04:34:45
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