Graham Potter gives Chelsea injury replace, rules Mason Mount out until April

Graham Potter has revealed that Mason Mount will remained sidelined until April by means of injury.

Mount has not featured in any of the Blues’ final three fixtures, all of which have been gained, as a consequence of suspension and health points.

Earlier this week, it was claimed that the playmaker had felt match sufficient to play some a part of final weekend’s 3-1 success at Leicester City.

Nonetheless, at a time when discuss of his long-term future is incessantly the subject of dialog, the academy graduate was compelled to stay on the sidelines.

When Mount was chosen in Gareth Southgate‘s England squad on Thursday, it was assumed that he could be made out there to symbolize Chelsea versus Everton on Saturday night.

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As a substitute, Potter advised reporters at a press convention on Friday that the 24-year-old would sit out the assembly with the Toffees and England’s double-header with Italy and Ukraine as a consequence of a problem along with his pubic bone.

Potter additionally revealed on the identical media briefing that Raheem Sterling was persevering with to recuperate from a hamstring injury, though he insisted that it was “not too severe”.

Thiago Silva was a recognized absentee as a consequence of a knee injury, however Potter acknowledged that Cesar Azpilicueta would stay unavailable a month on from sustaining a head injury versus Southampton.

Whereas the Spaniard has served the obligatory protocol interval, he is not going to come again into rivalry until the beginning of subsequent month on the very earliest.

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There was optimistic information concerning the provision of N’Golo Kante, who has not bee concerned for Chelsea since struggling a hamstring injury on the second weekend of the season.

Potter acknowledged that the French midfielder “as an opportunity of being again within the squad”, the expectation being that it’ll solely be among the many replacements.

Later within the press convention, Potter added: “He is been an enormous miss to us. It is nice for us he’s again and we now have to be conscious he has an extended injury. Now we have to take the steps to get him on top of things within the Premier League.”

Reece James is anticipated to return to the squad after being unavailable final weekend as a consequence of sickness.