Chelsea have confirmed the extent of Armando Broja’s injury as it appears he will miss the remainder of the season.
With some of Chelsea’s players competing in the World Cup, Graham Potter took his remaining players on a mini pre-season, hoping to improve their fitness and work for his side, which is currently struggling in the Premier League.
Chelsea faced Aston Villa in a friendly on Sunday, and young striker Broja went down in the first half in agony. The screams were deafening and Chelsea have now confirmed the full extent of the injury.
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“After picking up a knee injury during the first half of Sunday’s friendly against Aston Villa, Armando underwent further assessment following the club’s return to England. The scan results from those evaluations unfortunately confirmed an ACL rupture and that surgery will be required. Following the operation, Armando will work closely with the club’s medical department during his rehabilitation and he is expected to miss the remainder of the 2022/23 campaign,” Chelsea confirmed in a statement on their website.
It was pretty obvious when Broja went down that this wasn’t just going to be a minor annoyance. Many Chelsea fans would have feared the worst, and there aren’t many injuries worse than an ACL.
For such a young player to suffer an injury like this is devastating, but hopefully, he will be able to recover and continue at the level he was playing before the injury.
With Chelsea struggling to score goals this season, the last thing they needed was an injury to one of their attacking players.
