Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana could miss rest of season with hamstring injury Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana could miss the rest of the season with head coach Enzo Maresca confirming the hamstring injury he sustained in December is worse than previously feared.
Maresca was unable to say whether the tear to his hamstring will require surgery but nevertheless it is a damaging blow to a player that missed the entirety of last season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
That assessment was made in the days following victory against Villa at Stamford Bridge on December 1, but further tests and analysis appear to have condemned the France international to yet another season curtailed by injury.
He made only 15 Premier League appearances in 2022-23, his first season after joining from Leicester in a £75million deal, while his time at the King Power Stadium was also disrupted by fitness issues.
It was initially hoped that Fofana, who had formed an impressive partnership in central defence alongside Levi Colwill this season, would be out for no more than a few weeks.
