Pochettino explains Romeo Lavia absence from Bournemouth tie injury update

While Mauricio Pochettino is expected to welcome back several big names from the treatment room this weekend, Chelsea are still without the likes of Christopher Nkunku, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia

Mauricio Pochettino has issued an update on Romeo Lavia. The 19-year-old midfielder, who joined Chelsea from Southampton late into the summer transfer window, has been nursing an ankle issue since he arrived at Stamford Bridge.

The 51-year-old described Lavia's situation as 'sad' and confirmed that he'll have more information on Monday once he's had a scan. Pochettino said: "We are really disappointed because he was training really well last week in the international break.

"He twisted his ankle and now we are waiting for the results on Monday from the doctor. We hope it's not a big issue but in the last week he has not been training with the team.

"It's a sad situation because he was nearly fit to be involved again with the team. Yes, now we need to wait and hopefully it's not a big issue for him and the team of course."

It has been rumoured on social media that Lavia could be out of action for as long as six-weeks and Pocehttino was asked this assessment was true or false. The former Tottenham boss said: "We don't know because we need to assess him. He twisted his ankle and now we need to assess him. We do not know the time for him to recover."

"I think we know the way we want to play after not too much time playing together. I think the players believe in the way we want to play and if you see the data, we are very good in possession and all these aspects.

"What we are missing is scoring goals [laughs] and that is the most important thing in football. We want to keep this way. We need to be more competitive. We cannot concede