By Neil Ashton
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Chelsea fear Marco van Ginkel has suffered a cruciate ligament injury that will keep him out for the rest of the season after he was taken off at Swindon in their 2-0 Capital One Cup win at Swindon on Tuesday night.
Van Ginkel tried to play on after suffering the injury in the first half but was replaced by Ramires – also taken off at half-time with injury – midway through the first half.
Game over: Chelsea's Marco van Ginkel was forced off with what looks like a nasty knee injury
Painful: Van Ginkel went down in the first-half holding his knee
Chelsea assistant first team coach Steve Holland said: 'It's too early to say, but it doesn't look good for Marco.
'We'll have to wait for the results of the scan, but we have at least two casualties from this evening.'
Van Ginkel returned to London with the team and will have a scan at the club's Cobham training centre today.
Full-blooded: Van Ginkel goes in for a challenge in the seventh minute
The Dutch midfielder, signed from Vitesse Arnhem in the summer, fears his injury is serious enough to rule him out for several months.
Ramires is also a huge doubt for the Barclays Premier League clash at north London rivals Tottenham after suffering a suspected hip/gluteal injury in the first half.
The Brazilian midfielder, who scored a second brilliant goal at the County Ground with a chip over Wes Foderingham, was replaced by John Terry at half-time.
Bittersweet: Ramires went off at half-time with an injury after scoring Chelsea's second
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Man Up, you little girl.
Get better soon! True blue ! - cfcprotocol, london, 24/09/2013 22:29 What the hell??? True blue? He's been there 5 minutes!!
Horrible..I hate Chelski as a club but would never wish any player to go through any injury and especially like that!! Fingers crossed to see him fit again as soon a possible!!
If only they had adequate cover........
keep your chin up ,mvg
Poor kid. ACL injuries are such an epidemic in American football.. it seems like they're starting to pop up (no pun intended) more and more in the Premier League.
Get well soon,so pity
nasty one, opefully hes alright.
when i saw the injury i just gasped, felt a little sick as well, poor kid, that early into his career, he doesn't need things like this. get well soon Wulfert Cornelius ;)
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haaggus, College Park, 6 minutes ago
That's horrible! I hope it's not a meniscus injury. ACL is bad but replaceable if you've got the $$. A meniscus can never grow back or be replaced.