Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on Romeo Lavia’s injury and addressing concerns over his long term fitness
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
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00:00Can I just double check on Laudio, I know he said yesterday he's got an issue, is he getting fired for Sunday?
00:08No, no, for Sunday he's out.
00:11Is it the right time?
00:13We don't know yet, we are waiting for both, Romeo looks a little bit better injury compared to Wes,
00:22in terms of probably Romeo can be back earlier than Wes.
00:27What has Romeo done to him?
00:29Both, same problem, muscle problem.
00:31Is it a concern, I feel like you've asked this a lot at the moment, that he keeps breaking down?
00:36We're getting close towards the end of the season now, he's now getting to the stage where it's difficult for him to get a run of games together.
00:44Yeah, no, if you compare Romeo games this season to last season, he already improved,
00:52because this season was difficult to go in the other way.
00:58But the target with Romeo is just to try to keep him fit as much as we can,
01:03and next year play more games than this season.
01:06We are trying to do the same, it's not the same situation but more or less a similar situation,
01:11we are trying to do the same with Rhys James.
01:14Rhys tonight was on the bench, Rhys is our best player or probably one of our best players.
01:20Why was he on the bench?
01:22It's because we try to take care of him.
01:25We know that at this moment he cannot play every three days,
01:28and hopefully soon he can start to play every three days.
01:30But the main target with him, with Romeo, with Wes, is to keep them fit,
01:35because we know how important they are for us.