Article body analysed
Romeo Lavia has won one cap for Belgium Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia is set to miss at least a month with a quadriceps injury. The 21-year-old's time at Stamford Bridge has been blighted by fitness problems. Lavia was injured four minutes into the 2-2 Champions League draw at Qarabag last week. It was only his fourth start since returning from an injury suffered at the Club World Cup. Since joining Chelsea from Southampton in a £53m move in 2023 - having turned down Liverpool - Lavia has struggled with repeated injuries. He has made 29 appearances but missed 88 matches during two and a half seasons at Chelsea. Hamstring, thigh and other unspecified injuries have prevented Lavia, who has yet to complete a full 90 minutes for Chelsea, from maintaining fitness. The club have tried to manage his workload by limiting his minutes and restricting him to one match per week. Captain Reece James is now considered past the worst of his injury problems after following a similar plan. Lavia is expected to miss games against Burnley, Barcelona, Arsenal, Leeds, Bournemouth and Atalanta. Chelsea are third in the Premier League following Saturday's 3-0 win over Wolves. Latest Chelsea news, analysis and fan views Ask about Chelsea - what do you want to know? Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser 1, 000 games in, Guardiola has new energy for new era The final frontier: Why has Root never made a century down under? Bills' bad day gives Pats path to top spot - best of NFL week 10 The Vasa galleon: The ship that sank in the Baltic Sea When Gaddafi’s son played in Italy’s top football league All episodes of the award-winning sitcom return to BBC i Player Stabbed as a boy, now a poet for a lost generation Why Rybakina refused photo with WTA chief Archer Hoardings, showers & pink dressing rooms - the 'creative' ways clubs get an edge The final frontier: Why has Root never made a century down under? Who has made Troy's Premier League team of the week? Can you name every player dismissed by Flintoff in an Ashes Test? 'Man City make ominous statement in brutal lesson for Liverpool' 'Champion's weekend from flawless Norris but Verstappen shines brightest' 'It can't go on' - how Liverpool's tactics helped brilliant Doku run riot Are Celtic & Rangers starting to click in pursuit of Hearts? 'We have let everybody down' - Newcastle struggle on the road again Why Fin Smith is England's number one fly-half Valuable lessons and tough losses - world number one Sabalenka's 2025 Advertising boards and chaos - how Sunderland stopped Arsenal machine Arundell pace and quality bench power England home 'Scotland looked immortality in the eye and said not today' Watched by 132, 418 fans - but will Rugby League Ashes stay? 'Sincaraz' heads for fitting final chapter of 2025 Hayes on her feminist dad, anxiety and feeling like a grandparent to players 'Tuchel and England's world will not revolve around Bellingham' From non-league to England call-up - who is 'Guernsey Grealish' Scott? Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.