Broja injury update more worrying than thought – Chelsea have been 'in constant contact'

We were pretty happy to hear that Armando Broja had come back from international duty without playing for Albania. It sounded like he had just been left out for them because of his recent return to action for Chelsea, and because he had played twice the week before.

However the full update from Albania manager Sylvinho is a lot less positive. Going into detail, he revealed that there was medical advice that had prevented him from using the academy product.

“What happened to Broja is very simple, it arose from a serious injury, he had to stay off the pitch for nine months,” the coach explained.

“He came back a few weeks ago, he played a few minutes in the first match, the same in the second. Then, one match before coming to us, he played 45 minutes and was replaced due to some physical problems.

“Normally he had a check-up at Chelsea before coming to us, the checks had gone well. When he came here, he trained, but he still had a bit of concern: we sat down and spoke to the doctor, and we were in constant contact with Chelsea to find out about his injury.

“It was clear that he wasn’t he could play and together with the club and the player we agreed that he would return to Chelsea and begin his recovery. That’s the whole story.”

Thankfully Nicolas Jackson is back and scored in our last game, and we’ve also got plenty of other attackers in form to make up for it. But we will now miss out on what appeared to be some really beneficial competition developing between the two strikers that was driving each of them on to better things.

Even in the worst case, it sounds like taking the Arsenal game off will be enough to get him back to readiness again.