{"id":70013,"date":"2026-05-13T21:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70013\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:42:18","slug":"chelsea-injury-suspension-list-and-return-dates-vs-man-city-robert-sanchez-pedro-neto-alejandro-garnacho-latest-ahead-of-fa-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70013\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea injury, suspension list and return dates vs. Man City: Robert Sanchez, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho latest ahead of FA Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> are back in action on Saturday afternoon when they square off against Manchester City<\/a> in the FA Cup final.<\/p>\n

With the Blues now clear outsiders to secure European qualification through their position in the Premier League table<\/a>, they are hoping that a shock win over Pep Guardiola’s side can earn them a place in next season’s Europa League.<\/p>\n

Although Chelsea secured a 1-1 draw at Liverpool<\/a> last time out, they face a team playing their fourth consecutive FA Cup final without a win in seven Premier League games under two difference head coaches.<\/p>\n

Here, Sports Mole\u00a0rounds up all of Chelsea’s injury and suspension news ahead of their showdown with Man City, who have not suffered defeat in a domestic fixture since losing to Manchester United on January 17.<\/p>\n

Estevao Willian<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Iconsport \/ PA Images<\/p>\n

Status: Out<\/p>\n

Type of injury: Hamstring<\/p>\n

Possible return date:\u00a0Unknown<\/p>\n

After the hamstring injury that he sustained versus Manchester United last month, Estevao Willian has been ruled out for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

The Brazil international has since been left out of Brazil’s preliminary squad<\/a> ahead of the World Cup.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ Craig Mercer<\/p>\n

Status:\u00a0Minor doubt<\/p>\n

Type of injury: Head<\/p>\n

Possible return date:\u00a0May 16 (vs. Man City)<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez needed to be substituted during the second half against Nottingham Forest on May 4 after a clash of heads with Morgan Gibbs-White.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard was subsequently ruled out of the Premier League fixture with Liverpool five days later, but he will expect to return to the squad for Saturday’s showpiece fixture.<\/p>\n

Jamie Gittens\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ News Images<\/p>\n

Status: Out<\/p>\n

Type of injury: Hamstring<\/p>\n

Possible return date:\u00a0Unknown<\/p>\n

Jamie Gittens has not made an appearance since the West Ham United game on January 31, and there is currently no set date for his return from a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Benoit Badiashile<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Status:\u00a0Major doubt<\/p>\n

Type of injury:\u00a0Illness<\/p>\n

Possible return date:\u00a0Unknown<\/p>\n

Benoit Badiashile has been laid low by a mystery illness for a while, and it remains unclear when he may return to the squad.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ Visionhaus<\/p>\n

Status:\u00a0Minor doubt<\/p>\n

Type of injury:\u00a0Muscle<\/p>\n

Possible return date:\u00a0May 16 (vs. Man City)<\/p>\n

Pedro Neto missed the last two matches with what has been described as a muscle injury. However, McFarlane suggested after the Liverpool game that the Portuguese could be in a position to return<\/a> for the FA Cup final.<\/p>\n

Jesse Derry<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ APL<\/p>\n

Status:\u00a0Out<\/p>\n

Type of injury:\u00a0Head<\/p>\n

Possible return date:\u00a0Next season<\/p>\n

On his first Premier League start against Forest, Jesse Derry needed to be substituted before half time after a clash of heads.<\/p>\n

While the winger is believed to be recovering well, the starlet has been ruled out for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ Sportimage<\/p>\n

Status:\u00a0Minor doubt<\/p>\n

Type of injury: Muscle<\/p>\n

Possible return date:\u00a0May 16 (vs. Man City)<\/p>\n

Like Neto, Alejandro Garnacho was ruled out of the Liverpool game with the issue that prevented him from featuring against Forest.<\/p>\n

However, it appears likely that he will return for the FA Cup final.<\/p>\n

CHELSEA SUSPENSION LIST<\/p>\n

Last month, it was revealed that Mykhaylo Mudryk has taken his four-year ban for a positive drugs test to CAS, where he will launch an appeal against the punishment<\/a> handed to him by the Football Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea are back in action on Saturday afternoon when they square off against Manchester City in the FA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[18947,35780,4021,27538,114,20893,6069,304,5007,35779,674,35781,14286,1481],"class_list":{"0":"post-70013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pedro-sanchez","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-epl","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-olympics","15":"tag-pedro-sanchez","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-rugby","18":"tag-sport","19":"tag-sports-mole","20":"tag-teams","21":"tag-tennis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116569449723178949","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}