More pain for Blues as Petr Cech breaks finger

 
4 February 2013

Chelsea suffered a blow today with the news that Petr Cech has broken his little finger.

The Blues goalkeeper picked up the injury in the 3-2 loss to Newcastle on Saturday but confirmation of the problem came from the Czech Republic today after they announced he could not play in Wednesday’s friendly against Turkey.

It was not immediately clear when he might recover but Chelsea will be hoping that Cech will be okay to face Wigan on Saturday. The keeper missed much of last month due to an injury and his deputy, Ross Turnbull, struggled as a replacement.

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