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Is Romeo Lavia injured again?! Chelsea explain absence of £53m star against Wolves after seeing him make just three appearances since big-money transfer

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Lavia was a surprise absentee from Chelsea's squad for their Premier League game against Wolves on Sunday. The 20-year-old <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/chelsea-player-ratings-man-city-enzo-fernandez-nicolas-jackson-robert-sanchez-struggle-miserable-debut-enzo-maresca/bltf3d98c3d1c527fef" target="_blank">produced a bright display in the Blues' 2-0 defeat to Manchester City</a> last weekend but wasn't included in the 20-man squad for the match at Molineux, leading to fears he'd picked up an injury.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Those fears were realised when Maresca confirmed the midfielder, who has made just three appearances for Chelsea since arriving from Southampton last August, was missing with a hamstring "irritation". But thankfully for the club's supporters, it's not serious and the Italian simply didn't want to risk Lavia, with the return leg of their Europa Conference League playoff tie with Servette to come on Thursday.

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"He has a small problem with his hamstring, an irritation but nothing that is a major problem," Maresca said before the match. "It's nothing serious but one that we didn't want to risk."

WHAT MARESCA SAID

Chelsea were <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/man-city-player-ratings-chelsea-erling-haaland-matro-kovacic/bltbe1cf750ca45bbbc" target="_blank">comfortably beaten by City</a> in their opening league game of the season, and <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/chelsea-enzo-maresca-reveals-worried-europa-conference-league-victory-servette/blt7d96c6a25d85cf30" target="_blank">made to sweat in the first leg</a> of their eventual 2-0 win against Servette. But a run of more comfortable fixtures might allow Maresca's side to find their rhythm, starting with the Wolves match.

WHAT NEXT FOR CHELSEA?

Is Romeo Lavia injured again?! Chelsea explain absence of £53m star against Wolves after seeing him make just three appearances since big-money transfer | Goal.com

Romeo Lavia missed Chelsea&apos;s game against Wolves owing to a hamstring &apos;irritation&apos;, Enzo Maresca confirmed.