Todd Boehly is apparently blamed by certain Chelsea players for the absurd number of injuries that plague the senior team.
The Telegraph reports that numerous Stamford Bridge stars believe the medical department’s changes are to blame for the treatment room’s excessive occupancy.
The sea of absences Graham Potter has had to deal with during his time as Blues manager have torn Graham Potter’s reign to pieces.
After being forced to leave the game against Fulham on Thursday with a limp, Denis Zakaria became the most recent casualty in the long list.
Reece James, Ben Chilwell, Christian Pulisic, Raheem Sterling, Edouard Mendy, N’Golo Kante, Wesley Fofana, Armando Broja, and now Zakaria are absent from Chelsea’s lineup.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been out for some time, but it appears that he is back in the gym.
Several members of Potter’s pack appeared to be shaken by this unwanted registration of the walking wounded.
Chelsea’s Injuries problems
According to The Telegraph, Boehly’s move to switch out important medical staff members has caused unrest among the Premier League group.
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Shortly after Roman Abramovich was replaced by Boehly’s consortium, longtime medical chief Paco Biasco was fired from his position.
Then, via a Zoom call, head physio Thierry Laurent was fired.
They were replaced with a celebrity-favored private form of physical therapy.
Assisting football players has obviously not translated to helping people like Foo Fighters vocalist Dave Grohl.
James and Fofana had hardly returned to activity when their bodies began to fail once more, indicating weak leadership on the part of the new medical personnel.
Kante has been absent since August, but his recuperation appears to be no closer.
Perhaps the medical staff requires surgery.