Romeo Lavia Injuries

'It's a great shame, especially for him. He's not able to be fit for a long period. It's too early to understand what kind of injury, but hopefully it's not a big injury.' 'We don't have an update at the moment. We need to wait still some hours to do all the checks he needs. For sure, he has an injury. It's a shame because we are trying to minimise minutes for him, even with that, he is injured again. But we need to persist until we find the right solution for him.' 'Romeo is still trying to recover.' 'It's a muscle problem. We don't know yet when he can be back. We don't know [if it will be long or short-term].' 'Romeo is on the pitch, he’s not with the group yet, but we can see him out on the grass doing his rehab. He is looking really, really good. The most important thing for him now is to make sure we don't push him too hard, so that when he does come back, he's back for good.' 'Romeo is on the way back, which is great because he’s a very good, outstanding player at a very high level. I want him back as quickly as possible, of course, but I want him back with no more injuries. We don’t want to force him, we want him back where he can get into a flow of repetitive game time.' 'In his recent history, it's not been what he's wanted. He has the potential to be a world-class midfielder. We need to make sure when he's back, he's fully fit. He needs to clear a few hurdles before he fully trains, but I'm very excited to work with him.' 'Romeo is in a really good place, and we just have to make sure this last stage of his rehab is really, really good.' 'He has been on the training pitch with us in the last two days, which has been great to see. As I’ve said before, we have to do is make sure that when he’s back, he’s back for good. We are just making sure he gets the right plan over the next ten days, two weeks to achieve that.' 'Romeo is getting stronger and stronger. We had a mini-practice match in the week, where he looked really good, which is great for him.'

'Romeo is training already. Unfortunately, though, he is not training with the team, so he is not ready for tomorrow.' 'Benoit (Badiashile) is in the process of coming back. Romeo (Lavia) is the same. Trev (Chalobah) is OK.' 'Romeo is still out [and won’t play in this game]. Benoit is still out.' 'Two years ago, he didn't play any games; last year, he played some games. The target is to give him more games this season. I don't know [when he will be back].' 'Romeo and Benoit, I don't think they will be back after the international break, but they will be closer.' '[Benoit and Romeo] will not be back for this game, unfortunately. They both took part in the session yesterday, which is good news, and hopefully they can be available soon.' Romeo and Benoit are better; we will see if they can join us tomorrow. Otherwise, it will be for the next game.'

'He was doing better in terms of progress, but unfortunately, one or two days ago, he had a small problem, so we will see in the next hours.' 'For Sunday, Romeo is out. If you compare his games this season to last season, he has already improved. But the target is to try to keep him fit as much as we can and play more games next season than this season.' 'Hopefully, we can get Romeo very soon. I don’t know if for the next game, but he looks quite good in terms of being back soon.' 'Romeo is back. He is training with us and can be available for Sunday's game... We are going to try the same thing we are trying with Reece (James) [and] try to manage him.' 'He is back, training with us. With Romeo, we are trying the same thing we are trying with Reece James. We need to use them step-by-step. With Reece, it is working quite well.'

'Levi was also not in the session today, Enzo wasn't in the session today, Romeo wasn't in the session today. So, we have three or four players who are doubts for Monday's game because of the last game.' 'We don't know yet how long they are going to be out. Hopefully, not too long. Muscle fatigue or muscle problem. We need to wait a little bit.' 'A few weeks more...' 'No, Romeo is still in the process to come back. He's still got a long way to go.' 'Lavia is still a little way off being back. I think he could be the same as Nico and looking at after the international break for a return.' 'Romeo started to train with us in the last two days. So slowly, slowly we have all the players back which is important for the final rush of the season.' 'Romeo has also started to work with us. This is good news, but we have to be patient with him, because he is still quite far away from being 100 per cent fit and ready.' 'Romeo is much better. He is not in the Conference League squad, unfortunately. It is more or less similar to Reece James. The main target for us is to help him be fit until the end of the season and play as many games as he can.'

'As for Romeo, he can be available for the next game.' 'Romeo will probably struggle to play on Sunday. But we will see tomorrow.' 'Romeo is still recovering. He's much, much better and out on the pitch and working, but unfortunately, he's not ready for the next game.' 'Romeo is very close, and he has started to work with us. There is no doubt when Romeo is fit, he is a top player, we need to just understand how we can help him to not get injured.' 'Yes, Reece (James) and Romeo (Lavia) are both available. Hopefully, they can get some minutes for tomorrow’s game.'

'I received a little blow. At the moment, we are testing to see if it’s OK, but it should be fine, I think.' 'I think Romeo has a hamstring problem. It was bothering him this morning, and we didn't want to risk him.'

'We had to leave him behind because he suffered a minor hamstring injury, but hopefully, it's nothing too serious.' 'Romeo looks very close [to returning], hopefully for the next game.' 'Romeo is not available for tomorrow. Hopefully, he can be available for the Brighton game.' 'Romeo is available for tomorrow. We will see [if he can play the full 90 minutes]. We have one more session now, and then we will decide. The most important thing is that finally he is back.'

'Lavia felt something, and we need to check and hope it's not too bad. It's going to be a shame if we cannot use him in the next few games.' 'We need to assess Lavia in the next few days and see because he feels something. We still don't know if it is going to be a few days or a few weeks.' 'Romeo is recovering after his injury. We still don't know when he's going to be available again because of the problem in his quad during the game against Palace.' 'No [he won't be back for the Carabao Cup final]. He is not training with the team. He is still recovering. Impossible. He is still not on the pitch.' 'Recent medical assessments confirm Lavia, who sustained a significant thigh injury against Palace in December, will not feature again this season.' 'From December, we haven’t had the possibility to train with him because he was never really close to being available. We are going to help him become stronger and be available for pre-season.'

'Romeo was training well last week, and in the international break, he twisted his ankle, so we are waiting for Monday to find out more. It's a sad situation because he was nearly ready to be involved.' 'Romeo still is not running, so I cannot tell you. After the international break, he is still not going to be ready.' 'Romeo is also close; they were both training today on the pitch. We hope that next week they will be involved with the team, and we will assess day by day to see when they can start to play and help the team.' 'Lavia and Nkunku are still out. There is no timeframe for them; it is difficult to say because we need to assess them day by day. They are in a good condition.' 'We need to assess Lavia and Nkunku tomorrow and then decide. They are close but we need tomorrow to take the decision. Maybe Lavia is the more difficult.' 'After nearly six months maybe he will be involved with the team tomorrow. He is doing well but he still needs time to get his best form. He is desperate to make his debut.'

'He needs a few weeks to be ready to be involved with the team. He is working to try and catch his teammates.'