Ben Chilwell’s injury is a concern with less than three weeks until England’s World Cup campaign begins, says Chelsea head coach Graham Potter.
Chilwell pulled up with an apparent hamstring problem in Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League on Wednesday night and left the stadium on crutches.
England’s first World Cup match is against Iran on November 21 and manager Gareth Southgate has a deadline of November 14 to name his 26-man squad, leaving Chilwell in a precarious position.
Asked if the tournament in Qatar was now a concern for Chilwell, Chelsea boss Potter said: “I think you’d have to say so.
“Obviously I don’t want to say any more than that but when a player pulls up like he did, and he felt it, so it’s never positive.
“It’s a blow for us, on an otherwise positive evening. To see him pull up like that is not a great sight, fingers crossed when we get it scanned it won’t be as severe, but fingers crossed on that at the moment.
Source: Sky Sports