The curse continues for Wesley Fofana… Author of a convincing start to the season under the colors of Chelsea, the former Leicester and Saint-Etienne player had until then formed an interesting hinge alongside Levi Colwill. With 12 matches played during this 2024-2025 financial year and generally very interesting performances, the 24-year-old Frenchman embodied, at the same time, the revival of the Blues, fourth in the Premier League before challenging Crystal Palace, this Saturday, during the 20th day. Unfortunately for the London team, which has only collected a small point in its last three outings, the Marseille native suffered another hard blow.
Victim of a muscle injury against Aston Villa (3-0, December 1), the French international (1 selection) has, in fact, perhaps already said goodbye to this season. “He will be unavailable for a very long period (…). We don’t know exactly if it’s for the whole season, or for part of the season.noted his coach Enzo Maresca in this sense before being even more pessimistic this Friday at a press conference. “After review, we realized it was worse than we initially thought. It’s a hamstring injury.”.
Fofana is cursed!
A terrible blow for the number 29 of the Blues but also for the residents of Stamford Bridge, already deprived of Benoît Badiashile until February, who will therefore have to do without the services of Fofana for the coming months. Once announced in the title race, Chelsea, today relegated ten lengths behind Liverpool, could even be tempted to recruit a central defender in January so as not to compromise their chances of qualifying for the next Champions League.
For his part, the 1m85 right-handed defender will have to go back to the infirmary and manage this new setback. As a reminder, Fofana has only played 32 games out of a possible 125 since his arrival at the London club at the end of August 2022 from Leicester, after missing the entire 2023-2024 season due to a ruptured ligament. crossed the right knee. If his performance and his potential remain indisputable, his body continues to slow him down. To the great misfortune of the Blues and the Blues…
