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Chelsea: Fofana, from laughter to tears

The most expensive rookie of Chelsea’s last transfer window, Wesley Fofana will spend time in the infirmary. Author of the opener against AC Milan (3-0) on Wednesday in the Champions League, the French central defender seriously injured his knee.

Wesley Fofana will be fixed this Thursday on his injury.

Death of Elizabeth II, international truce… England and the Premier League did not experience a month of September like the others. With these events, Chelsea, like other English clubs, have been out of sight.

Wesley Fofana (21) too, therefore, who also had to deal with a change of coach after a few days on the side of Stamford Bridge, since Graham Potter replaced Thomas Tuchel.

A goal and an injury

While the places should be even more expensive with the English manager, who unlike his German predecessor, prefers a defense with two centrals, the Frenchman, holder for the fourth time in five games against ACMilan (3-0), Wednesday in Champions League, launched his own perfectly. On the prowl after a scramble from a corner, the Saint-Etienne trained player took advantage of the apathy of the Lombard rear guard to deliver the Blues fans.

Significant joy… before sadness. On a harmless action, the Bleuet sat down on the lawn. No contact but a race stopped after a bad feeling in the right knee. An unexpected injury 12 minutes after his goal which forced him out, to the cheers of the London public, but above all in tears. Fofana, who has already missed seven months of competition, last season, for a problem with the pron of the left leg, did he immediately understand?

Potter worried about Fofana

For the time being, the player recruited Leicester for 80.4 million euros, left the London enclosure on crutches, does not know the duration of his unavailability. His coach, he showed his concern at the end of the meeting. We don’t know the gravity yet, it’s the only disappointing thing of the eveningacknowledged the new Chelsea coach at a press conference.

We have to wait for a scan and cross our fingers. I wouldn’t want to speculate on that now, but we’re worried and we just have to wait until Thursday, get him scanned and hope for the best., he added. Even if he was not called by Didier Deschamps for the last gathering of the French team, Fofana may have seen the 2022 World Cup in Qatar take off for good…

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