Latest: Lavia, Sarr and Badiashile injury updates from Calum McFarlane

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·18 mai 2026

Latest: Lavia, Sarr and Badiashile injury updates from Calum McFarlane

Several senior Chelsea players were left out of the squad on Saturday, and Calum McFarlane has been explaining why.

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Calum McFarlane was taking his Chelsea press conference today looking ahead to tomorrow’s game against Tottenham, and the Chelsea boss had plenty to talk about in the wake of an FA Cup final defeat.

McFarlane had a few players who didn’t feature on the bench against Man City on Saturday, and he revealed today that one was due to injury, but two were simply technical decisions.

“Romeo took a slight knock in the build-up to the game, nothing major,” McFarlane explained.

“With Romeo, we don’t want to take that risk. We need to be careful. Benoit and Mamadou didn’t make the squad – we can use them in the next two games potentially. We have a lot of players in their position.”

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