{"id":4273,"date":"2026-05-05T14:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:48:38","slug":"rio-ferdinand-sends-4-word-message-to-chelsea-talent-jesse-derry-after-he-shares-update-on-debut-marred-by-head-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4273","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand sends 4-word message to Chelsea talent Jesse Derry after he shares update on debut marred by head injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5163499\" data-slug-id=\"2777936\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has sent a message to 18-year-old Chelsea talent Jesse Derry after his head injury against Nottingham Forest. The forward clashed heads with Forest defender Zach Abbott in the 45th minute and was rushed to the hospital. <\/p>\n<p>Soon after the game, Chelsea issued a statement on Derry&#8217;s condition. Now the player himself has recalled his Premier League debut through an Instagram post. Derry stated that it was still a &#8216;dream come true&#8217; moment for him, despite the injury.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>The youngster also thanked the medical staff and everyone who supported him after the grim collision. Derry wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A dream come true to start at Stamford Bridge for my Premier League debut.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2019d like to thank all the Chelsea medical staff, everyone at St Mary\u2019s Hospital, my teammates, and all the fans for their great support.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I can\u2019t wait to be back playing in front of everyone very soon.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Commenting on the post, Ferdinand sent Derry a 4-word message asking him to take good care of his head. He wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Rest that head mate&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Derry made the switch to the Blues&#8217; academy from Crystal Palace in 2025. He made his senior debut for the club during the FA Cup win over Hull City in February. <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Chelsea interim coach Calum McFarlane comments on Jesse Derry&#8217;s debut<\/h2>\n<p>The Blues went 2-0 down inside the first 15 minutes against Nottingham Forest. However, Jesse Derry was the only bright spot for the hosts. Chelsea were handed a penalty after Derry&#8217;s collision with Abbott. <\/p>\n<p>Derry remained on the ground for eight-and-half minutes and was given oxygen before being stretchered off. Cole Palmer then stepped up to take the spot-kick but he failed to convert it. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the injury, Calum McFarlane highlighted the big impact made by Derry in the first half. The Blues&#8217; interim manager stated that the youngster was a &#8216;threat&#8217; for the opponents and added that he felt gutted about his debut ending with the injury.<\/p>\n<p>McFarlane commented:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGutted for Jesse, I thought he did well in the game. He gave us a threat &#8211; a massive moment for him that has ended sadly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The loss against Forest was the sixth straight defeat for Chelsea in the Premier League. With just 48 points in 35 matches, they are now ninth in the table. <\/p>\n<p>The fixtures don&#8217;t get any easier for the Blues from here on as they face Liverpool away and Manchester City in the FA Cup final before finishing the season with games against Tottenham and Sunderland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tag-cloud\">\n<div class=\"tags-text\">\n<div class=\"scrollable-content-holder  article-padding\">\n<p class=\"article-p  \">Quick Links<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerLeft\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Left \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-left.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<nav id=\"pnProductNav\" class=\"pn-ProductNav\">\n<\/nav>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerRight\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Right \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-right.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<p>More from Sportskeeda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Nived Zenith<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has sent a message to 18-year-old Chelsea talent Jesse Derry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}