E. Maresca: "W. Fofana will be out for at least a few months"

2025-01-11 15:19 © PA

The head coach of London’s Chelsea club, Enzo Maresca, spoke ahead of the upcoming FA Cup match against Morecambe about Romeo Lavia and Reece James’s chances of playing, the severity of Wesley Fofana’s injury, rumors regarding defender Marc Guehi, Cesaro Casadei and Ben Chilwell's future, and the possibility of bringing back loaned player Trevoh Chalobah:

"R. Lavia and R. James are ready for the match and will get plenty of minutes.”

"As for W. Fofana, everything is more or less clear. I spoke with Wes about it, and according to the club, the defender will not play for 12-16 weeks.

W. Fofana hopes to recover sooner than expected. We will see how it goes.”

"Of course, I like M. Guehi... But he is not our player.

I like the center-backs we have. It is normal that there are rumors when we have so many injured players.”

"C. Casadei and B. Chilwell will not play in the upcoming match.

They are considering leaving our team.

"We are well aware of T. Chalobah; he is a great player.

At the moment, he is a player for London’s Crystal Palace, so we will see how things go with him.”

Trevoh Chalobah has scored 3 goals in 14 matches this season.