Chelsea have suffered a massive blow ahead of this weekend's game with Everton, after it emerged that first choice goalkeeper Thibaut C...
Mail Online report that the Belgian stopper is definitely out of the Saturday lunchtime clash, though Chelsea don't yet know the full extent of the injury. It was initially thought that Courtois could have been ruled out for longer as there were concerns the player had suffered cruciate-ligament damage, though that is now not believed to be the case.
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Courtois had only returned to Chelsea training on Tuesday this week after representing Belgium in their Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus, but suffered the injury the following day.
Substantial swelling around his knee had stopped doctors from making an exact prognosis, but it is now accepted that the former Atletico Madrid man will spend a number of weeks on the sidelines.
Chelsea sold former understudy Petr Cech to Arsenal in the summer, so it looks as though summer signing Asmir Begovic will be the man to step in to replace Courtois over the upcoming series of matches. It's a series of games that look tricky to say the least for Chelsea, as the likes of Arsenal, Southampton and Liverpool all visit Stamford Bridge before the end of October.
The Premier League champions have not enjoyed the greatest of luck so far this season, and they currently sit a huge eight points behind league leaders Manchester City after a mere four games of the new season. City have maintained a 100% record and beat Chelsea 3-0 in August, while the Blues have also lost at home to Crystal Palace and failed to beat Swansea.
Chelsea also face a return to the Champions League next week, where they kick off their campaign against Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
