Blue Armour 4,439 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Fucking hell. No break whatsoever. First Fofana and now Nkunku. And James on the treatment watch too. As if last season wasn't enough. I don't like it, but I hope the Neymar links aren't just idle paper talk, and that we actually take the gamble of bringing him in. But then again, his injury record isn't too great either, so who knows. James and Nkunku10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkunku10 0 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Every time we play in the US some injury BS happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,097 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Should never have been playing on that pitch, club really has not learnt to protect its assets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Second serious injury in a row... He is finished, he won't be able to reach high speed again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Meniscus Edited August 8, 2023 by Gundalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Yeh he’s probably washed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Probably a partial tear and they just need to go in and clean it up. He’s out for 5-6 months at least. The rest of 2023 for sure. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 16 weeks according to Matt Law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Only ourselves to blame. We knew of his knee injury prior to the World Cup (and it is the same leg) yet still went through with it despite not doing some due diligence on how prone the knee is to have a reoccurring injury. You genuinely could not make this up. Looking forward to Jackson tearing his ACL next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Christopher Nkunku underwent surgery on his knee this morning and is likely to be out for 16 weeks - three-and-a-half months - before he can resume training. Unlikely to play before December. #cfc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/christopher-nkunku-injury-update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 17 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said: https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/christopher-nkunku-injury-update Club are saying extended period. I reckon that is longer than 3 months. At best that is a clean up and see how it goes but may require more surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,874 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,509 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 ffs another player out with a knee injury, fuck off. Get well soon Nkunku 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Shame as he’s looked promising in pre-season. Bad luck. Wouldn't say he’ll be washed up but typical OTT shit the bed “should of known this would happen prior to signing him” or whatever 😂 Pretty sure its not the same knee he injured in Germany. Although not 100% sure on that but was doing the rounds. But even then, injuries are unfortunately part and parcel of football here in the last few seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,450 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Had a bad feeling about him when we bought him with that injury, hope he isn't perma wrecked like Fofana. It also looks like we don't learn anything now want Adams and Olise as well. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Nkunku is yet to play for Chelsea in a competitive sense following a knee injury in pre-season. Having undergone surgery, the French international is not expected to play until November at the earliest. Potential return date: November 2023. Vesper and Blue Armour 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Christopher Nkunku injury update and when he's expected to return Some interesting updates as Nkunku finally approaches a return soon https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-christopher-nkunku-injury Chelsea have suffered a lot of injuries in the last couple of seasons but perhaps the hardest one to take recently was the knee injury to Christopher Nkunku. Our shiny new signing looked like the real deal in pre-season and like he would really be our talisman, that missing link that we craved. But Nkunku is yet to competitively kick a ball in Chelsea blue after a tackle in pre-season, that should have been a penalty, saw him badly injure his knee. He underwent surgery in August and the long road to recovery began. So what is the latest on his recovery? Well, I am told Nkunku has been spending time working on his recovery with experts in Paris. He has been strengthening the muscle around his knee in order to come back strong and give himself the best chance of getting back to where he was. He has been switching his time between there and back in Cobham, where the medical team have been working with him also and overseeing his rehabilitation. The experts in Paris are specifically for these type of injury recoveries, so Nkunku has been working hard with them. He’s also been doing normal regular gym work on a daily basis. He will soon start doing some cardio work and light running. and I am told that there is hope he will make his Chelsea debut before 2024 arrives, but obviously that depends on how the rest of his recovery goes. Chelsea will soon be setting him up with light training before introducing him back in to full team training. They of course will be super careful and cautious as they look to reintroduce Nkunku to training and back into the squad. But it’s sounding positive right now and the recovery is going well. We should soon be seeing him back in Chelsea training gear at the very least, and then in a matchday squad. Slowly but surely. Simon Phillips ZAPHOD2319 and DH1988 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,257 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) before 2024? jesus christ 😕 I hoped he would be fit at the begining of december Edited October 26, 2023 by Mário César Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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