Romeo Lavia gives Chelsea a major scare after suffering an ankle injury in training – with Blues sweating on the results of scans for their new £58m midfielder
- Romeo Lavia completed a £58m move to Chelsea from Southampton last month
- The midfielder is yet to play for the Blues and he has now suffered an ankle injury
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Chelsea are sweating on the results of scans on summer signing Romeo Lavia after he suffered an ankle injury in training.
Midfielder Lavia is having his injury assessed today after he went over on his ankle during a session on Thursday following a challenge.
Lavia, 19, joined Chelsea for £58m last month and has yet to make his debut.
He has been building up his fitness since joining having not had trained or played much for Southampton before joining Chelsea, with his future having been up in the air since the south coast side’s relegation last season.
Chelsea will be hoping for good news having already been hit by a number of injury setbacks this season.
Chelsea are sweating on the results of scans after Romeo Lavia suffered an ankle injury
Lavia moved to the Blues from Southampton last month for £58m after shining for the Saints
They lost defender Wesley Fofana ahead of their pre-season tour to America and defender Trevoh Chalobah and summer arrival Christopher Nkunku during their trip to the States.
Reece James suffered a hamstring issue in training following Chelsea’s season opener against Liverpool and Carney Chukwuemeka a knee injury in last month’s loss at West Ham.
Mykhailo Mudryk has also been sidelined due to injury but returned to the squad for the defeat against Nottingham Forest last time out.
Benoit Badiashile and Armando Broja have yet to feature for Chelsea this season as they recover from their respective hamstring and knee injuries.
Lavia (right) is yet to play for Chelsea and was focusing on building up his fitness in training
The injury to the Belgian midfielder, 19, is a huge blow to Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino
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