Enzo Maresca provides injury update as Chelsea receive boost ahead of Brighton

Chelsea brag Enzo Maresca has fewer wounded worries up of their clash against Brighton astatine Stamford Bridge and the Blues brag provided an update connected Romeo Lavia up of the game

Chelsea invited backmost Romeo Lavia to the fold up of their lucifer against Brighton this weekend.

The Blues are looking for a 4th triumph successful a enactment erstwhile they look the Seagulls but besides their archetypal Premier League location triumph of the season. Lavia's beingness volition supply a boost to Enzo Maresca up of him picking his broadside for the fixture.

The erstwhile Southampton midfielder has made conscionable 2 appearances this word and past featured arsenic Chelsea looked to suffice for the Europa Conference League against Servette. Lavia was ruled retired with what is described arsenic suffering a 'hamstring irritation'.

The 20-year-old is present disposable for enactment against Brighton, though Maresca has yet to determine however progressive his complaint volition be.

"Romeo is disposable for tomorrow, the lone 1 [out] is Reece. We'll see, we person 1 much league present to determine but yet helium is back."

Reece James remains retired of contention for the Blues. The club's skipper suffered a hamstring wounded past period to proceed his struggles having undergone country successful December 2023.

James has yet to play this play aft starting 2024/25 with a prohibition aft getting sent disconnected against Brighton successful May. The afloat backmost had featured successful pre-season.

Nevertheless, Maresca is pleased with the contention for places wrong his squad. The Italian manager made 11 changes for the Blues' midweek triumph implicit Barrow and was impressed with a fig of performances.

While Christopher Nkunku's hat-trick stole the headlines, Maresca was blessed with the displays passim his starting XI. It leaves him with a hard task successful making his enactment against Brighton.

"It's a bully happening for maine to person immoderate doubt," helium said. "That means they are doing well. This is important and thing we request to proceed to do. We make the close civilization successful presumption of the squad competing and this is important.

"Pedro [Neto] did good the different day, Misha [Mudryk] did good the different day, each of them," helium added. "Benoit [Badiashile] did well, Axel [Disasi] did well, Renato [Veiga] and Cesare [Casadei], for me, played a fantastic crippled the different day.

"It's important that erstwhile determination is simply a chance, adjacent if it's 5 oregon 10 minutes, they springiness everything. It's important."

Ben Chilwell whitethorn inactive person his enactment chopped retired to interruption backmost into Maresca's plans however. Though helium has not ruled it out.

"In the infinitesimal we request him, for sure, wherefore not?" helium said. "I volition accidental again successful the infinitesimal helium is with us, helium is 1 of the Chelsea players and 1 of our players. If we request we volition springiness him chances and minutes."

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