Chelsea Defender Colwill for months with knee injuries

Chelsea will be without the Levi Colwill key defender for a long period of months after having injured the knee in training.

The 22 -year -old English international, damaged the previous cross ligament of his knee on Monday and could miss most of the season.

“We know each other last year and, you know how important is Levi,” said the boss Enzo Maresca.

“I spoke to him yesterday and told him that if we realize what we achieved last year, it is also because of him – and he was a main player for us.

“It was (the injury) in the first session on Monday, just in the last minutes of the session.”

Chelsea has already signed a coverage to the left central defender after having signed Jorrel Hato of Ajax for around 37 million pounds sterling.

Friday, Chelsea plays Bayer Leverkusen in a friend.