Chelsea’s frustration from today’s stalemate with Fulham was compounded by an injury to skipper John Terry. Terry was taken off at half-time with a depressed fracture of the cheekbone. Chelsea have since announced that Terry will be operated on later tonight and have yet to issue a statement on a term of absence.
There is a chance that Terry will have a plate fitted into his cheekbone which will allow him to continue training. However he’s set to miss Chelsea’s Champions League tie with Valencia in midweek. He’ll also be a major concern for McClaren of course with England set to play Estonia and Russia in October.
Ben-Haim and Alex are set to form a makeshift central defensive partnership against Valencia and may well be called into action in Chelsea’s next few Premiership games at Bolton next weekend and at Boro on October 20.
