Tosin Adarabioyo injury latest ahead of West Ham vs Chelsea

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Tosin Adarabioyo missed Chelsea’s Premier League opener (Picture: Getty)

Tosin Adarabioyo is expected to return to Chelsea training this week as he looks to make the matchday squad for the trip to West Ham on Friday.

The Blues drew 0-0 with Crystal Palace on opening weekend, but were without Tosin after he picked up a knock in training.

Enzo Maresca’s side are already without Levi Colwill after he suffered an ACL injury in pre-season, and were not keen to take any risks with Tosin.

However, The Standard reports that the issue is ‘very minor’ and that Tosin will likely return to training this week.

The 27-year-old remains a doubt for Friday’s fixture, though, and Maresca may well choose to stick with the pairing of Trevor Chalobah and Josh Acheampong who kept a clean sheet against Palace.

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Speaking about Tosin’s injury after the draw with Palace, Maresca said: ‘He had a physical problem. We don’t know for how long [he will be out].’

Tosin was expected to play an increased role this season, after Maresca hinted that the 27-year-old was the only centre-back capable of emulating Colwill’s play style.

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Tosin is expected to return to training this week (Picture: Getty)

‘When we build, we build with Levi in the middle,’ Maresca said.

‘Last year, we played 64 games and we played 64 games with Levi and Tosin [Adarabioyo]. Now Levi is out, the only one who can do that job well is Tosin.

‘We have [Jorrel] Hato but he never played as the guy in the middle last season. It is not about central defenders. Yes he is a central defender, but what does he have to do? Can he do that? It is different.’

Elsewhere, Wesley Fofana could also be in line for his first minutes since March on Friday after the Frenchman was an unused substitute last time out.

‘Wes was on the bench but was just on the bench to be with us and the plan was for him not to get any minutes,’ Maresca added.

‘Now hopefully for the next one, we can use Wes for some minutes.’

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