{"id":1969,"date":"2026-04-29T02:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:27:48","slug":"exclusive-drops-fantastic-news-for-chelsea-on-worst-injury-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1969","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive drops fantastic news for Chelsea on worst injury fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chelsea may have dodged a bullet on the Estevao Willian front, according to some recent reports from the Sun.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lost in the days following Chelsea\u2019s horrific loss to Brighton and the subsequent sacking of Liam Rosenior was some even more devastating news.<\/p>\n<p>Teenage winger Estevao, one of the few bright spots in a horrific season for Chelsea, had limped off against Manchester United a few days before, clutching his hamstring. The update on the injury from his native Brazil was that it was a \u201cgrade four\u201d tear.<\/p>\n<p>Given most people only give grades up to three, this created the interesting question of whether this was a tear so bad it was on a new level, or if there had been some kind of mistranslation.<\/p>\n<h2>A shred of hope for Chelsea fans over Estevao injury<\/h2>\n<p>Luckily, given the latest update from the Sun on the topic, it seems it might be the latter. A source close to Estevao has told them they hope his \u201crecovery will be fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cWe have little time, but his injury isn\u2019t so complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point we\u2019re not worried about him playing for us again this season, and we\u2019re not even bothered if he misses the World Cup. We\u2019re just worried about him having an injury so bad it affects his career and his peak physical capability.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like we might have got away with it \u2013 but we need a more detailed update from a proper source.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Charlie Austin joked that Chelsea might not actually want a new manager, and he\u2019s not a million miles away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Estevao Willian<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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