Chelsea defender Reece James and midfielder Mason Mount will leave out the remainder of the season because of accidents, period in-between supervisor Frank Lampard mentioned on Tuesday.
James has been dominated out with a hamstring damage whilst Mount has been sidelined with an belly downside, even supposing he has an out of doors likelihood of returning for the closing sport of the season.
“James will be unavailable for the rest of the season. Mount the same, he might make the last match but that’s unlikely. That’s obviously disappointing for us,” Lampard instructed journalists forward of Wednesday’s Premier League conflict in opposition to Brentford.
“Kai (Havertz) is still struggling with his knee but should be available by the end of the week.”
Chelsea, who’re eleventh within the league standings and liable to their worst home league end in just about 30 years, will glance to finish their seven-game winless run in all competitions in opposition to Brentford.
Chelsea are 5 issues at the back of their west London opponents, who’ve performed a sport extra, as Lampard seeks his first win since returning to Stamford Bridge following Graham Potter’s departure.
“I wouldn’t expect anything in football, but we have come into a club with big difficulties with not a lot of time,” mentioned Lampard, who misplaced his first 4 video games.
“A lot of factors as to the four games I have been here, the team and club have been struggling for a while, we are here to help. Things won’t change in a short time.”
Chelsea don’t have anything left to play for this season with qualifying for Europe a tricky activity however Lampard mentioned motivating gamers would now not be an issue.
“I should not have a mentality that there’s not anything to play for. They were lucky at Chelsea to have had that for 15, two decades, however it is a truth you probably have a protracted profession, you will not compete each season he mentioned.
“We now have seven games, three against the top four, so will be interesting to see how the players react.”
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