{"id":84784,"date":"2023-07-18T15:59:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/18\/chelsea-defender-out-for-months-after-knee-injury\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:59:50","slug":"chelsea-defender-out-for-months-after-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/18\/chelsea-defender-out-for-months-after-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea defender out for months after knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/130414463_gettyimages-1487150261-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Chelsea signed Fofana for \u00a370m from Leicester City last summer\" title=\"Chelsea signed Fofana for \u00a370m from Leicester City last summer\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea signed Fofana for \u00a370m from Leicester City last summer<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana has undergone anterior cruciate ligament surgery which is set to rule him out of action for several months.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old did not travel with the Blues squad on a pre-season tour to the United States in order to have \u201cspecialist medical assessments\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The London club said the tests on Fofana\u2019s knee \u201cunfortunately confirmed that an operation would be required\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The France centre-back joined Chelsea from Leicester for \u00a370m last summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWesley will now begin his recovery and work with the club\u2019s medical department at Cobham during his rehabilitation phase,\u201d added a Chelsea statement.<\/p>\n<p>It is another injury setback for Fofana, who broke his leg while at Leicester in August 2021 before returning to action the following March.<\/p>\n<p>He was then sidelined for more than four months last season with a knee injury picked up playing against AC Milan in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Having played twice for Leicester last season, the central defender made 15 appearances for Chelsea and five in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Fofana\u2019s absence comes following a summer in which defenders Kalidou Koulibaly and Cesar Azpilicueta left the club.<\/p>\n<p>Defenders Benoit Badiashile and Reece James\u00a0have also not travelled to the US,\u00a0with Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Alfie Gilchrist and Bashir Humphreys the main centre-back options available to manager Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-arCa3DYU9I\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Winner Takes All Politics: Samia Nkrumah calls for review of constitution (18-07-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-arCa3DYU9I?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea signed Fofana for \u00a370m from Leicester City last summer Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana has undergone anterior cruciate ligament surgery which is set to rule him out of action for several months. 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