Chelsea manager Graham Potter's assistant, Pablo Alonso, provides updates on several injured players. The key injuries are to Levi Colwill, Moises Caicedo, Marco Palestra, and Jordan Henderson, with potential return dates of September 12 for all four players except Colwill, who may return earlier due to his year-long absence from an ACL tear. According to Alonso, Colwill's current issue is minor, while Caicedo has a recurring calf problem that has kept him out of several games. Henderson broke his wrist celebrating England's World Cup victory and is close to returning after being pictured training with the team.
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Chelsea defender Levi Colwill was not fully fit for their match against Arsenal, but was left out of the starting lineup as a precautionary measure by manager Graham Potter's assistant. Colwill had picked up an issue in training, but coach Alonso said there was nothing majorly wrong and it was just "little things" that he was experiencing. The 23-year-old England international was reintegrated into the side against Leeds, but concerns heightened when he was replaced by Wesley Fofana and left the field quickly. Alonso assured fans that Colwill would be back soon, with a potential return date of September 12 vs Hull City at home.
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Fringe players were handed opportunities to impress that they failed to take as the hosts fell 2-0 down, but they roared back when the stars were introduced to reach round four.
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stars → hand → round
With that in mind, here is all the latest Chelsea injury news and potential return dates...
Levi Colwill
The injury concern from Wednesday.
The defender had been left out against Arsenal in a precautionary measure taken by Alonso, who admitted afterwards that the centre-back was not fully fit.
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back → leave → Alonso
He had picked up an issue in training, with fears on the rise amongst Chelsea fans, who will have his year-long absence from his ACL tear fresh in their minds.
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absence → pick → minds
The England international was reintegrated into the side against Leeds, but concerns heightened once more when he was replaced by Wesley Fofana, and was seen heading straight down the tunnel instead of making his way to the bench.
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he → reintegrate → bench
Alonso assured that there was nothing majorly wrong with the 23-year-old, saying: “It is just from little things that he's having, but we don't expect that it's an injury.”
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it → assure → that
Potential return date: September 12 vs Hull City (H)
Moises Caicedo
Caicedo has had a blighted start to the season having suffered a knock.
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Caicedo → have → knock
He missed the first two games of the campaign before making an appearance against former club Brighton, where he lasted just 14 minutes before coming off once more.
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he → miss → minutes
The Ecuador international did not play against either Arsenal or Leeds, with Alonso revealing that he was struggling with a calf problem.
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he → play → problem
“He has a problem in his calf,” the manager said of Caicedo.
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manager → have → Caicedo
It was the same one he had before Brighton.
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he → have → Brighton
I wanted to have Moi [for that game].
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“Probably it was my mistake to push him too early, so that’s why I’m cautious now not to make the same mistake.”
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I → read → mistake
The Italian suffered a knock in training that has stopped him from making his competitive debut for his new side since his arrival from Atalanta.
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that → suffer → Atalanta
Speaking to Italian outlet Tuttomercato a fortnight ago, Palestra revealed he was closing on a return to the pitch: "I’m fine, it’s still a few days away, but I feel much better."
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I → speak → pitch
Henderson has not yet played for his new club since joining on a free transfer from Brentford.
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Henderson → play → Brentford
The veteran broke his wrist celebrating England’s quarter-final victory over Mexico at the World Cup, and as such, he has not been able to train with his new team-mates.
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he → break → mates
He has since been pictured back in first-team training ahead of Chelsea’s defeat at Arsenal, with Alonso confirming that the former Liverpool captain was close to a comeback.
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captain → picture → comeback
“He has been very close to the team,” the Spaniard said.
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Spaniard → say → team
“Even being injured, he has been travelling with us [to games].
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he → injure → games
I know that he likes and he needs to have this connection with the team, to have this impact on the pitch and off the pitch.
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he → know → pitch
“He has been training very well, but still it is frustrating for him that, even being the arm, it is taking that long.
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it → train → him
I think he is in the last stage of his recovery.”
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he → think → recovery
