{"id":4386,"date":"2026-05-05T18:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:43:59","slug":"updates-on-pedro-neto-alejandro-garnacho-robert-sanchez-3-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4386","title":{"rendered":"Updates On Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho, Robert Sanchez &#038; 3 Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<nav class=\"c-post-article-pagination\"><\/nav>\n<p><strong>Chelsea winger Pedro Neto was a surprise absentee from the matchday squad for the 3-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Monday afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is believed that the Portuguese international picked up a knock in training in the days leading up to the fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Neto\u2019s injury is not thought to be serious, and there is an expectation that he will make a swift return to action.<\/p>\n<p>Matches are coming thick and fast, with the Blues\u2019 next game on Saturday lunchtime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected Return Date \u2013 Saturday 9th May vs Liverpool (a)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Alejandro Garnacho<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076765400\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>Interim head coach Calum McFarlane has confirmed that both the Argentinian and Neto should be available for selection again very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the pair\u2019s absence from the squad before the <strong>home loss to Forest<\/strong>McFarlane said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nothing serious. They both took knocks in training, so we\u2019re just managing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garnacho is, therefore, expected to be back in contention for matches very soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected Return Date \u2013 Saturday 9th May vs Liverpool (a)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Robert Sanchez<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1077038243\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>The keeper was forced off with a head injury in the second half of the Forest game after a clash with Morgan Gibbs-White.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez will only be passed fit for upcoming fixtures if he satisfies the Premier League\u2019s concussion protocols.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected Return Date \u2013 Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<nav class=\"c-post-article-pagination\"><\/nav>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea winger Pedro Neto was a surprise absentee from the matchday squad for the 3-1&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4386","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\/4386","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=4386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}