This Wednesday, Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino gave a press conference the day before the duel against Manchester United for the 31st round of the English Championship. Despite bringing positive news, the Argentine revealed that he doesn’t know if Nkunku will play again this season:
“As of now, we don’t know when he will be able to return to training with the team. His recovery will be longer than we expected. It (injury) was after the English League Cup final, when he played 30 or 40 minutes with a problem which we only discovered after the game.”
Good news, Blues: Mauricio believes Malo Gusto will be fit to face United. 💪
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Nkunku, 26 years old, arrived at Chelsea in mid-2023 for 60 million euros (326 million reais) and played in just seven games in the Premier League. Right when he arrived, he suffered a serious knee injury and was out until December last year.
Despite this, Pochettino brought good news for football fans. Blues. Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and defenders Chalobah and Malo Gusto should be available for the duel after recovering from injury.
“Trevoh (Chalobah) and Malo are training with us and I believe they will be ready to be in the squadron. Robert is training, we will see if he will be available or not,” said the commander.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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