Now they're both injured.
Chelsea's miserable week has taken another turn for the worse with Branislav Ivanovic ruled out for a month, leaving them without both first-choice right backs.Looking for a Vermaelen replacement?
After crashing out of the Champions League and drawing with Blackburn, Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti could have done without another headache — but Ivanovic has torn a knee ligament. Jose Bosingwa is already out for the season with an injured knee.
Left back Ashley Cole is also sidelined until May after fracturing his left ankle.
A scan yesterday confirmed the Serbia international has torn a medial collateral ligament. After playing in 24 of Chelsea’s 30 league games this season, he will now miss the key clashes against Manchester United and Tottenham, as well as the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa on April 10.
Yuri Zhirkov replaced Ivanovic at Blackburn on Sunday and Paulo Ferreira could also fill in on the right.
Zhirkov (listed as a middie) 4.68
Ferreira 6.59
Oh, and as for Le'Scott, he's having a scan this week and will yet again miss playing against Everton. As Church Lady might say, "How convenient!"
finally chelsea's injury list is getting as big as arsenal's and manure's. this will help arsenal even more, chelsea should keep right on struggling to put together solid games and hopefully, the other teams in the league take advantage.
ReplyDeleteleague title's a 3-horse race. and united have the advantage. the title's united's to lose but arsenal pose a big challenge to both united and chelsea.
ReplyDeleteDon't be too swift to drop Vermaelen, at least wait until after the appeal result:
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Malrog
i hadn't forgot about manu. it is actually manure's title to lose. they are in the driver seat, and arsenal need to not lose any points in order to have a chance, but since this article was about ivanovic, i made the statement about how it relates to my team, only!
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