Chelsea boss, Antonio Conte has said that Alvaro Morata will likely miss Chelsea's Champions League confrontation with Barcelona because of his chronic back damage.
The Spain international has missed the last five games and the damage seems by all accounts to be more genuine than first thought.
Conte said the club were striving to "discover an answer" and to facilitate the torment in his back, yet declined to put a time allotment on his recovery.
Morata will also miss this week's EPL match for the EPL defending champion's against West Brom.
The previous Real Madrid striker seems set for a huge spell on the sidelines with a last-16 conflict with Barcelona only 11 days away.
Conte said on Friday in an extensive pre-coordinate public interview, "We are complaining about the terrible outcomes however once in a while we overlook that we are confronting a major circumstance with Morata.
"Players like Morata – that for us are imperative – are absent for a long stretch. I don't know when he will return, and recover from the back injury.
"We battle to discover the arrangement and to comprehend the torment in his back. I don't know to what extent he needs. I'm also stressed. You know exceptionally well the significance of the player."
He included, "Pedro is alright. He will play against West Brom.
Christensen didn't prepare with us today yet truly, I plan to depend on him against West Brom because of the fact that he's a vital player for us."
Meanwhile, On Olivier Giroud, he stated, "Giroud is preparing with us, he will play against West Brom without a doubt.
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