{"id":214290,"date":"2025-10-10T12:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/214290\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:48:08","slug":"david-ornstein-shares-what-hes-hearing-about-two-chelsea-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/214290\/","title":{"rendered":"David Ornstein shares what he\u2019s hearing about two Chelsea injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chelsea\u2019s persisting injuries have highlighted the lack of quality depth at centre-back. <\/p>\n

Levi Colwill missing the entire season<\/a> has unsettled the position, and Enzo Maresca<\/a> has been working tirelessly to find a combination that works. <\/p>\n

Wesley Fofana looks to now be returning to full fitness, but he has missed much of the season already as well. Jorrel Hato has looked capable when called upon, but the 19-year-old is still settling at Stamford Bridge. <\/p>\n

It looked like Maresca might have his duo, but their dominant performance against Liverpool was cut short when they were both forced off with injuries. <\/p>\n

\"ChelseaPhoto by Justin Setterfield\/Getty ImagesDavid Ornstein provides update on Benoit Badiashile and Josh Acheampong<\/p>\n

Before they both had to be taken off, the pairing of Josh Acheampong and Benoit Badiashile<\/a> had been keeping Liverpool at bay, and looking comfortable doing so. <\/p>\n

It felt like the latest evidence of a Chelsea<\/a> curse. <\/p>\n

But David Ornstein\u2019s comments on The Athletic podcast should offer some encouragement. <\/p>\n

Ornstein was asked about Chelsea\u2019s plans for centre-back with so many injuries plaguing the side. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s not seeing a reason to panic, responding: \u201cFrom what we\u2019re hearing initially, Badiashile and Acheampong are not severe injuries, and there\u2019s an international break now, there\u2019s another one coming up in November. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know the the durations but I I don\u2019t think they\u2019re bad ones. Um so that\u2019s a positive for Chelsea fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

A positive indeed. Of all Chelsea\u2019s tested pairings, this one really looked like a strong solution. <\/p>\n

Ornstein not seeing a January addition for Chelsea at centre-back <\/p>\n

Despite their apparent lack of options, Ornstein isn\u2019t predicting a January signing. According to him, Chelsea believe they have enough depth to see out the season. <\/p>\n

As he puts it: \u201cYou\u2019ve got Chalobah returning from suspension. You have Fofana not far off being back from concussion, was it? So this season I\u2019ve got every expectation that they\u2019re well covered.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also know a promising young centre-back will be arriving in the summer, as Ornstein points out: \u201cAnd of course, one of the players that came in was [Mamadou] Sarr, who then has gone to Strasbourg and then who would be coming into Chelsea presumably next summer. And therefore, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s an area of focus for them heading towards January.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NewPhoto by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Whether that decision comes back to haunt Maresca later in the season, it\u2019s impossible to say. Chelsea have to fight on multiple fronts, and even one more serious injury could bury their hopes of a successful season. <\/p>\n

But it would appear they are happy to roll the dice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea\u2019s persisting injuries have highlighted the lack of quality depth at centre-back. Levi Colwill missing the entire season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[24664,66589,403,99],"class_list":["post-214290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-david-ornstein","tag-mamadou-sarr","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}