Chelsea Launch Medical Reviews After Graham Potter’s Side Becomes Ravaged by Injuries

• Chelsea's current ownership idea to sack the long-serving medical team is feared to be the cause of the issues facing the club at the moment
• The club is battling with at least 11 first-team players being out with injuries as Graham Potter grapples to keep the squad afloat
• It is reported that the players are unhappy with the new medical department

Chelsea have reportedly launched medical reviews into why their first-team players are getting hit by constant injuries this season. The Blues currently have at least 11 first-team members out with injury as they endure one of their worst runs in the Premier League.

Dennis Zakaria became the latest player to join the injury table after limping off at Craven Cottage. A week earlier, Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic went off during the early minutes of their game against Manchester City.

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It has been reported that there has been some disquiet within the Chelsea squad regarding how their welfare and injury checkups have been handled ever since the Todd Boehly consortium took over last summer.

The Telegraph reports that the sacking of long-time medical professionals at the club Paco Biosca and Thierry Laurent brought about new changes at the club. An outside physiotherapy company was outsourced where Wesley Fofana bizarrely conducted his medicals before joining the club.

Players are unhappy

The Mirror adds that the players feel that the departures of Biosca and Laurent have led to them being rushed quickly back to training or playing with slight knocks.

A lot of the injured players are expected back next month but Graham Potter will have to manoeuvre Premier League matches against Crystal Palace, Liverpool and Fulham and a round of 16 Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund.

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James' personal trainer speaks

Sports Brief had earlier reported that Chelsea beat Bournemouth 2-0 in their first match back in the Premier League after the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. However, it was not without concern as defender Reece James limped off injured in his first game since October.

The right-back went down in the 52nd minute in obvious pain and signalled to be substituted. He went straight down the tunnel and looked very distraught, a reaction which does not speak well about the severity of the injury.

James' private performance coach James Ralph made a post on Instagram that worried Chelsea fans and speculated the player was rushed back to action. He captioned an image of three emojis with “I need to bite my tongue despite having a lot to say.”