James 5,377 Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Dário Essugo On 20 March 2025, Premier League club Chelsea signed Essugo for £18.5m. The transfer was made effective on 2 June ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup; both he and Geovany Quenda were acquired from Sporting, but Quenda remained one more season at the latter. He made his debut on 16 June, as a late substitute for Moisés Caicedo in the 2–0 win over Los Angeles FC in the World Cup group stage. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,752 Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 New reports claim he will be out for 3 months, not the whole season. Still a shame, but makes more sense, I was wondering what kinds of thigh injury can sidline someone for 9 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,591 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 3 hours ago, nyikolajevics said: New reports claim he will be out for 3 months, not the whole season. Still a shame, but makes more sense, I was wondering what kinds of thigh injury can sidline someone for 9 months. Yep, looks like he'll be out for 12 weeks We seem to have no luck with backup DM's https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6618754/2025/09/11/Chelsea-injury-news-dario-essugo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,190 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Bad news but better than we all feared. Hopefully back before end of the year. Luckily we have a good depth in that position too. James has proven he can do well when he plays there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,458 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Apart from early stages of domestic cups he wouldn't see any playing time anyway. Now with Lavia back that's 4 players ahead of him for 2 positions and like being said even James is probably ahead of him in emergency situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,365 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Apart from early stages of domestic cups he wouldn't see any playing time anyway. Now with Lavia back that's 4 players ahead of him for 2 positions and like being said even James is probably ahead of him in emergency situations. yeah but we dont know if of when lavia is injured again I bet that lavia will play 5 or 10 games and will be out for a while again mark my words Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,507 Posted 54 minutes ago Share Posted 54 minutes ago Chelsea will not have Dario Essugo available to cover Moises Caicedo after midfielder suffers setback https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6856038/2025/12/02/dario-essugo-Chelsea-injury-return/  Chelsea midfielder Dario Essugo has been ruled out of three more Premier League games at the very least after suffering a setback in training on Monday. Essugo, who completed a £18.5million ($24.4m) move from Sporting CP in June, has already been sidelined for over two months due to sustaining a thigh injury while away with Portugal Under-21s. The 20-year-old underwent surgery to help cure the problem but there was optimism he would soon be available for selection again after training with the senior side for the first time last week. However, head coach Enzo Maresca has confirmed the player’s return is going to have to wait. “For sure, he is not available for the next three (league) games,” Maresca said at a press conference. “We need to check him. Is it serious? I don’t think so. Unfortunately, it was just yesterday (Monday) so I don’t know (how bad a setback it is).” What You Should Read Next Chelsea Transfer DealSheet: What to expect in 2026 Chelsea were the Premier League's busiest team in the summer window One of the reasons Chelsea signed Essugo was to help provide cover for Moises Caicedo. The latter is suspended for the league games at Leeds (Wednesday night), Bournemouth (on Saturday) and against Everton on December 15 at Stamford Bridge after being sent off for a bad challenge on Arsenal’s Mikel Merino on Sunday. Asked about coping without Caicedo, Maresca added: “It’s always harder without Moises, Cole Palmer (played just four times this season) and Levi Colwill (expected to miss most of the season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his knee). There are many players. But we will try and find different solutions.” By Simon Johnson Chelsea Correspondent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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