Former Chelsea player says fitness coaches gave him training plan which saw him tear his quad muscle

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One thing that has been very noticeable this season for Chelsea has been the large difference in the amount of injuries they have sustained.

At times under Mauricio Pochettino, the Blues were unable to even name 11 fit first team outfield players in the squad due to the magnitude of issues in the squad.

Things have been easier under Enzo Maresca, even if he was missing a whole host of players for the recent win over Brentford.

One of those was Romeo Lavia, although he is expected to return to face Everton at the weekend.

One former Chelsea player who has seen injuries plague his career wherever he has gone is Tino Anjorin, who left the Blues on a free transfer over the summer to join Empoli.

It was claimed Maresca played a role in the deal going through, with him certainly playing the best football of his career in Italy.

While at Chelsea, Anjorin suffered a torn quad, and the 23-year-old has stated that this came as a result of advice he was given by fitness coaches at the time.

After being put on a new diet and losing weight, he said to BBC Sport: “I ended up completely tearing my quad because I didn’t have any muscle on me.”

Tino Anjorin’s Chelsea stats

Anjorin played five times for the Chelsea first team, not finding the net in any of those occasions.

The majority of his good performances as a Blue came with the academy sides, where he gave a lot of promise that he had what it takes to break into the side on a regular basis.

Anjorin is at last playing regular football at Empoli, and is finally getting the chance to show the abilities that saw him so highly regarded as a youth team player at Cobham.