{"id":637925,"date":"2024-03-28T11:21:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=637925"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:21:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:21:23","slug":"chelsea-injury-news-robert-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/28\/chelsea-injury-news-robert-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Confirm Injury Setback for &#8216;Fantastic&#8217; Player Ahead of Burnley Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have added three more players to their extensive injury list. Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez is set to miss the upcoming match against Burnley as Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s injury concerns pile up.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Goalkeeper Added to Ten-Man Injury List<\/h2>\n<h3>A Mixed Start at Stamford Bridge<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE DOMINO EFFECT RUINING FOOTBALL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fNQxiqia1Vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Robert Sanchez left Brighton to join Chelsea on a \u00a325 million deal in the summer. Kepa Arrizabalaga\u2019s departure in the last days of the transfer window provided the 26-year-old with an easy path to becoming the number one keeper at his new club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/25\/chelsea-barcelona-target-estevao-willian\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Out-Of-This-World Talent\u2019: Blues Eyeing Brazilian \u2018Messinho\u2019 Amid Barcelona Interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite showing flashes of brilliance in his first few months at Chelsea, Sanchez has yet to emulate his incredible Brighton form. Once hailed by Graham Potter as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonandhovealbion.com\/news\/2065729\/potter-praise-for-fantastic-sanchez\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fantastic<\/a>\u201d keeper, he has only kept three Premier League clean sheets so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish goalkeeper is set to miss his side\u2019s upcoming clash against Burnley with an injury. But that wasn\u2019t the only squad blow confirmed by the club ahead of their next Premier League game.<\/p>\n<h3>Injury Crisis at Stamford Bridge<\/h3>\n<p>On Thursday, Chelsea issued a fitness update on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/chelsea-injury-update-ahead-of-burnley\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>, adding three more players to their already-bloated injury list. In addition to Sanchez, Trevoh Chalobah and Carney Chukwuemeka have suffered fitness setbacks in recent days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/26\/chelsea-victor-osimhen-signing-demands\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Interest is Still There\u2019: Blues Discover Key Aspects to Consider for \u2018Phenomenal\u2019 Striker Signing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Christopher Nkunku, Lesley Ugochukwu, and Romeo Lavia are also on Chelsea\u2019s injury list ahead of the Burnley game.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a pre-match press conference, Mauricio Pochettino also raised doubts about Ben Chilwell\u2019s availability, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/pochettino-on-palmer-and-chilwell-fitness-for-burnley-plus-lavia-latest\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying<\/a>: \u201cHe got a knock in his knee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday he was all right to train and now we will see what happens tomorrow, if he can be available to be in the squad or not. We need to assess him.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Sad&#8217; Update on Romeo Lavia<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s continuous injury issues this season have seen some of their summer signings struggle to find their rhythm at the club. Romeo Lavia, who completed a \u00a353 million move from Southampton in August, is set to end the season with only 30 minutes of playing time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/22\/chelsea-conor-gallagher-contract-talks-update\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018My Understanding\u2019: Romano Reveals \u2018Fantastic\u2019 Blues Star\u2019s Contract Negotiation Process<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Chelsea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/romeo-lavia-injury-update\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> the midfielder had suffered a setback in his recovery process. He is set to miss the rest of the season with a thigh injury.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Lavia\u2019s injury, Pochettino said: \u201cIt\u2019s a really difficult situation for him and of course he\u2019s sad, he\u2019s not happy. He\u2019s only played 30 minutes, for a player who arrived new in the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea manager added that Lavia arrived at the club with a fitness problem but later confirmed that it was unrelated to his current issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have added three more players to their extensive injury list. Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez is set to miss the upcoming match against Burnley as Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s injury concerns pile up. Chelsea Goalkeeper Added to Ten-Man Injury List A Mixed Start at Stamford Bridge Robert Sanchez left Brighton to join Chelsea on a \u00a325 million deal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":635604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,1830],"tags":[9333,7508,7799,8748],"class_list":["post-637925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-injuries","tag-carney-chukwuemeka","tag-chelsea-news","tag-robert-sanchez","tag-trevoh-chalobah"],"modified_by":"Declan Wiseman, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}