Chelsea defender Ben Chilwell has suffered a “unhealthy” hamstring damage with no timescale but placed on his return, says Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Chelsea are already with out Reece James till after the worldwide break with a thigh drawback.
“Once they’re at their finest, they’re the most effective full-backs on the planet,” stated Pochettino.
“In any respect golf equipment, necessary gamers are missed once they do not play.
“If the query is ‘will we miss them?’ In fact. Reece is a high participant and [Chilwell] additionally.”
Chilwell missed three months final season with a hamstring drawback, limiting him to simply 23 Premier League appearances. James in the meantime performed simply 16 occasions within the league due to knee, thigh and hamstring issues.
Marc Cucurella, Levi Colwill and Axel Disasi are the contenders to play at full-back in Monday’s Premier League journey to Fulham, however Pochettino says no-one in his squad can totally replicate what his first-choice full-back pairing brings.
“All groups once they miss necessary gamers are affected [in their] efficiency,” added the previous Tottenham supervisor.
“Why did we not signal one other Ben Chilwell and one other Reece James? As a result of there’s just one Reece James and one Ben Chilwell.
“In case you have within the squad one high participant in a single place, it is tough to usher in one other one in the identical place to sit down on the bench. It is about steadiness.”
