Yossi Benayoun Injury Is Concern For Chelsea

There has been a lot of focus on the Yossi Benayoun injury situation as the Israeli is unlikely to return to the Chelsea side until the final stages of the season after his initial injury has been found to be a lot more serious whilst on international duty.

The media has suggested that the Chelsea medical staff were at fault for failing to diagnose the seriousness of the midfielder’s condition. Particularly after 3 MRI scans the club performed failed to spot a large tear in the players achilles.

This is worrying if we put this together with the similar story of Chelsea Youth striker Phillip Prosenik who VITALFOOTBALL report suffered a similar fate recently with a knee injury that will keep him on the sidelines until March.

The home of the championship shows that Chelsea are the best club in the country, therefore we should have the best medical facilities in the country at our disposal. Players should be injured less and recover quicker due to the expert help that is on the club’s payroll, the cases of Prosenik and Benayoun puts the ability of our medical staff into question. 

With players being paid ridiculous sums of money, their well being is paramount both on and off the pitch. With the level of competition at home and in Europe it is essential that the club is not understrengh unnecessarily. Whilst Prosenik is a youth player and not likely to make the first team for at least a few years if a all, Benayoun is in the first team squad, whilst not in the starting XI his signature this summer shows he had a role to play. 

What if this had happened to John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard of Didier Drogba? The uproar would have been deafening had the success of our season been jeopardised by preventable medical mistakes,.

Injuries are part of football however wherever possible Carlo Ancelotti should have all options available to him and therefore our medical team are vital to our success.

Finally I think I speak for every Chelsea fan that we hope that both Yossi and Phillip recover quickly and are back to full fitness and playing as soon as possible, however long that may take.