Back to square one for Christopher Nkunku. Injured a few days after his arrival at Chelsea this summer, the French international returned to the Blues infirmary. The 26-year-old, who seriously injured his knee during the off-season and was unavailable for the first five months of the season, is back in the infirmary after hurting his hip at the end of last week.
“It’s not linked to his old injury, it’s a different problem, a hip problem,” Mauricio Pochettino told journalists on the eve of the League Cup semi-final first leg against Middlesborough. [Championship]. It will not be included tomorrow [mardi]we’ll see for Saturday [en Premier League]. We are cautious with him because six months have passed since his injury and he has played few matches. »
Christopher Nkunku played his first official match for Chelsea on December 24 against Wolverhampton, before appearing in two further league matches. He was out of the FA Cup on Saturday against Preston. The former PSG coach said he hoped his unavailability “would not be a long period. For the moment, he is not training, he is recovering.” But “it’s not a big problem,” he tried to reassure.