Graham Potter’s opening few months at Stamford Bridge have been wrecked by a rising absentee checklist, with over ten members of the first-team squad injured to a point.
Such is the extent of the issue, Commonplace Sport understands there’s a rising concern behind the scenes.
Former membership physician Paco Biosca and head physio Thierry Laurent left their respective roles throughout a wide-scale restructure at Chelsea following Might’s takeover.
The brand new Boehly-Clearlake regime have been thought to imagine Premier League rivals boasted a extra fashionable medical division, resulting in the modifications.
Nonetheless, the problem is but to have been resolved and Potter has admitted the disaster is the worst of that nature he’s ever handled.
The returns of Loftus-Cheek and Aubameyang, nevertheless, do supply at the least some reprieve.
Loftus-Cheek, who final performed through the defeat to Newcastle earlier than the World Cup, has fulfilled a lot of completely different roles throughout Potter’s tenure and his versatility can be a serious enhance.
Aubameyang, in the meantime, missed the FA Cup defeat to Manchester Metropolis with a again pressure and does supply a track-record of targets, albeit the previous Arsenal man has struggled to persuade since becoming a member of from Barcelona.
