Chelsea suffer latest £60million blow but Mauricio Pochettino may be handed perfect alternative

Chelsea fans will have to wait for at least another month before they can see summer signing Romeo Lavia who picked up an injury in training.

The Belgian turned down the chance to sign for Liverpool and instead signed for Chelsea, adding to the capture of Moises Caicedo.

But since then, it has been a nightmare start after he arrived with an injury and just when he was ready to go suffered another setback and has now been ruled out until later in the year.

According to the Dailymail, the midfielder is not expected to return after the international break but was able to remove the protective boot he has been wearing to support his right ankle last week and begin doing some rehab work in the pool in positive developments as he attempts to regain full fitness.

However, it is still due to be some time before he is ready to be back out on the pitch and resume playing but the form of trio Conor Gallagher, Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo has softened the blow of his absence. Chelsea have a huge list of injured players with Wesley Fofafa, one of the club's highest-paid players still out due to a knee injury.

There is however some good news though with captain Reece James now expected to return for the game against Arsenal having missed the last six games due to injury and later suspension.