Benoît Badiashile will not require surgery on a groin injury he suffered last week and is expected to return in time for the start of the 2023/24 season, football.london understands.
As reported on Monday this week, the French defender will be out for around three months through injury after hurting himself in training at Cobham last week. Badiashile has impressed since signing for Chelsea over the January transfer window and had recently broken back into the first-team under interim head coach Frank Lampard.
Back-to-back starts against Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest saw the 22-year-old impress for the Blues but a groin problem that was sustained at Cobham last week means Badiashile is now on crutches. The good news for the defender is that no surgery is required on the injury and there is still hope that he could be fit and ready for the start of next season, where Chelsea are expected to be managed by Mauricio Pochettino.
