Christopher Nkunku to undergo knee surgery and could miss 4 months

Chelsea’s new signing Chrostopher Nkunku will need a knee surgery after sustaining an injury in a friendly against Borussia Dortmund last week.

Chelsea confirm Christopher Nkunku has undergone surgery to his knee injury sustained in Chicago. 🚨🔵 #CFC

New signing could be out for up to 16 weeks. pic.twitter.com/fbI36rppl1

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 8, 2023

The Frenchman damaged the meniscus in his knee and faces a potential recovery of up to four months.

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The news is a major blow to Mauricio Pochettino’s aspirations as the £53m-man looks unlikely to play before December and he was expecting to lead Chelsea’s forces up front.

Nkunku was one of Chelsea’s star performers in the pre-season tour, bagging 3 goals after being acquired from RB Leipzig this summer.

“The doctors are checking him hopefully it is not a big issue but when he fell in the action maybe it was a penalty. Had the chance to score.” Pochettino said.

“He feels something in his knee but hopefully it is not a big issue and that he can be [back] quickly with the team. Now we need a few days to assess him and until we get back to London it is difficult to know.”