This afternoon has not been great for Chelsea injury news at all as Mauricio Pochettino finished off his pre-match press conference for Leeds United tomorrow night confirming another injury to a top player.
Christopher Nkunku will be out injured for 3-4 weeks now having only just returned in recent weeks after missing an entire season so far.
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🚨🔵 Pochettino on Nkunku injury: “At the moment, three-four weeks out for Chris. I hope. I hope no more…”.
“It's difficult for Chris as he was flying in pre-season before he got the knee injury. We need to see and evaluate”. pic.twitter.com/IjIIGZRyKi
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 27, 2024
This is terrible news. However, we can balance that up a bit with the very positive news that captain Reece James is back on the grass this afternoon doing some individual training. It’s great to see this.
🚨 Reece James is out on the grass doing individual work!
[@ChelseaFC] pic.twitter.com/ROx1qZ9zUY
— Simon Phillips (@siphillipssport) February 27, 2024
