Chelsea have been plagued by injuries this season, and they have not been small ones either.
Mauricio Pochettino is currently without Reece James and Christopher Nkunku, for example, with the former having to undergo hamstring surgery back in December.
As for Nkunku, the Frenchman has only been able to make 10 appearances in the current campaign because of multiple fitness issues.
Another recent signing, Romeo Lavia, has not even started a game for Chelsea. It shows just how bad things have been at Stamford Bridge this season.
However, it looks like the Blues are now working on a solution for their injury crisis.
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How Chelsea plan to solve injury crisis
According to the Daily Mail, Dimitrios Kalogiannidis, who was medical director at Chelsea, recently left the club.
The outlet claims that the Blues are now looking for a new head of performance medicine to help fix their injury problems.
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It has been reported that Chelsea are willing to offer the right candidate a salary of £250,000.
With the amount of injuries that Chelsea have had this season, if he can solve the issue, then he may deserve even more than that!
When will Christopher Nkunku and Reece James be back?
Chelsea supporters should not expect to see Nkunku and James back in action any time soon.
An injury round-up shared by the Evening Standard has no return date for either Nkunku or James.
It means Pochettino will have to continue relying on Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer for goals and Malo Gusto to cover the right side of the defence.
The last two out of that trio, Pat Nevin has included them in his top three Chelsea players this season.
Jackson has not done too badly in the current campaign either, scoring nine goals in 24 Premier League appearances.
Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards tipped Jackson to become a star this term at the beginning of the season.
