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Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said his team’s playmaker Hakim Ziyech will miss Arsenal’s away game in the English Premier League on Saturday due to a muscle problem.
Ziyash signed for Chelsea from Ajax Amsterdam before the start of the current season, for € 40m, but the 27-year-old suffered a setback early in the season after suffering an injury, missing the first “Blues” games. of this season.
After Ziyech recovered and returned to the Chelsea squad, he suffered a new injury and had not played a game since the Blues’ 3-1 victory over Leeds United on 5 December.
“Ziyash will not be ready for the Arsenal game … he suffered another muscle injury,” Lampard told a news conference on Wednesday. “We have to wait for him to recover.”
He added: “It is not a long injury, and we hope to get it back next week, and we hope it brings us what it was offering before.”
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And on defenders Ben Chilwell and Reese James, who suffered bruises over the past week and the chances of catching up with the Arsenal-Aston Villa game scheduled for Monday, Lampard said: “I can’t give an answer on this moment. I’m not sure they’re ready for both games. “
Lampard is fifth in the Premier League with 25 points from 14 games.
Source: Reuters
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