Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has moved to end the confusion surrounding the latest of centre-back Wesley Fofana. injury.
Fofana went down with a hamstring injury in early December, which he immediately described as “a slight warning” and “nothing serious”, but after a month on the sidelines, Maresca publicly revealed that there was a possibility that the 24-year-old she could be out for the rest of the season.
It has been reported that the Italian’s statement was met with Fofana’s confusionwho allegedly took to social media to claim that Maresca’s comments were simply “not true.” Among the dates attributed to Fofana, a period of between four and six weeks is mentioned.
Asked about the dispute, Maresca admitted that Fofana does not agree Chelsea medical staff diagnosis.
“We speak the same language in terms of communicating with each other in English and in French, so it’s been pretty clear,” he said. “I spoke to Wes – the 12 to 16 weeks that the club mentioned is the situation.
“Wes is thinking he can recover sooner. We’re all happy if Wes recovers and is available for tomorrow, but we’ll see.
“No problem, I just told you what the medical staff told me, which is about 12 to 16 weeks. Wes is thinking that he can recover sooner. We are all happy if Wes comes back as soon as possible. . “
Concerns over Fofana’s availability have led to speculation about a move to re-sign Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace. Loanee Trevoh Chalobah, who is also with the Eagles, could be recalled to add more numbers.
“The only thing I can say is that Marc Guehi is a Palau player,” Maresca stressed. “I like Marc, but he’s not our player. But I also like the central players we have. I also like different types of central players in Italy, Spain and France, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to buy a player .
“It’s a normal situation I think when you have injured centre-backs there’s speculation. At the same time, there’s nothing.
“(Chalobah’s situation) is exactly the same. Unfortunately I have to give you the same answer. Trev is a good player but at the moment he’s a Palace player so we’ll see.”
