{"id":289930,"date":"2023-09-08T12:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289930"},"modified":"2023-09-08T12:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:35:41","slug":"lavia-gives-chelsea-scare-after-suffering-ankle-injury-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/lavia-gives-chelsea-scare-after-suffering-ankle-injury-in-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavia gives Chelsea scare after suffering ankle injury in training"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Romeo Lavia gives Chelsea a major scare after suffering an ankle injury in training &#8211; with Blues sweating on the results of scans for their new \u00a358m midfielder<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Romeo Lavia completed a \u00a358m move to Chelsea from Southampton last month<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The midfielder\u00a0is yet to play for the Blues and he has now suffered an ankle injury<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chelsea are sweating on the results of scans on summer signing Romeo Lavia after he suffered an ankle injury in training.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Lavia is having his injury assessed today after he went over on his ankle during a session on Thursday following a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Lavia, 19, joined Chelsea for \u00a358m last month and has yet to make his debut.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s relegation last season.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea will be hoping for good news having already been hit by a number of injury setbacks this season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/12\/75211329-12495909-image-a-48_1694171494755.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are sweating on the results of scans after Romeo Lavia suffered an ankle injury\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/12\/75211353-12495909-image-a-63_1694171805091.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lavia moved to the Blues from Southampton last month for \u00a358m after shining for the Saints<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Reece James suffered a hamstring issue in training following Chelsea\u2019s season opener against Liverpool and Carney Chukwuemeka a knee injury in last month\u2019s loss at West Ham.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mykhailo Mudryk has also been sidelined due to injury but returned to the squad for the defeat against Nottingham Forest last time out.<\/p>\n<p>Benoit Badiashile and Armando Broja have yet to feature for Chelsea this season as they recover from their respective hamstring and knee injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/12\/75211525-12495909-image-a-64_1694171921595.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lavia (right) is yet to play for Chelsea and was focusing on building up his fitness in training<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/12\/75211551-12495909-image-a-65_1694171949581.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The injury to the Belgian midfielder, 19, is a huge blow to Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12495909\/Romeo-Lavia-Chelsea-Blues.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romeo Lavia gives Chelsea a major scare after suffering an ankle injury in training &#8211; 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