Chelsea's Estevao continues to recover from his hamstring injury. However, everything indicates it will be a slow process, making it difficult to determine a return date.
One of the things that Chelsea fans most desire is the return of their wonder boy, Estevao. He missed the last weeks of the season due to a serious injury (grade 4) in his hamstring. Liam Twomey comments that the young Brazilian's return will probably not be until the Premier League has already started, and that he cannot be more certain about the time left for him to be fully recovered.
He said on the London is Blue podcast: "He appears to have opted not to have surgery and to manage this without going down that path. That is certainly a viable way to do it, depending on the specifics of his injury. But he needs to be loaded very, very carefully as he comes back. Again, the little clips from him in Brazil show that he seems to be slowly regaining his range of motion.
He doesn't appear to be full-blown running, let alone sprinting, yet. That could be a little while. I'd be surprised if he were back for the start of pre-season, but Chelsea could potentially have him back in something close to full form in the first half of the season, shall we say. It's very difficult to put a clear timeframe on it at this stage, but they'll just want to make sure that once he's back, he's really back."
There is no doubt that fans want to see Estevao again as soon as possible, but it is also very important that he returns when he is really ready. Hamstring injuries must be respected and have a prolonged recovery period. Unfortunately, he has players like Reece James, Jamie Gittens, and Romeo Lavia on the team, who have suffered recurrent injuries in that area. He must take all the necessary time.
This injury caused Estevao to miss the opportunity to play in his first World Cup, which really affected him because he had done everything in his power to be ready for the tournament, but it was not possible. It is impossible to know what would have happened if he had participated, but what we do know is that the young winger had become one of Carlo Ancelotti's most important offensive weapons.
His absence, added to the coach's decision not to call up Joao Pedro, who is his teammate at Chelsea and had had a spectacular season in which he participated in 29 goals, made Brazil look very poor in attack. With a lack of offensive ideas, little depth, and a Vinicius Jr. who had to carry the team on his shoulders, but it was not enough, they fell in the round of 16 against Norway.
