"This year's period covers their participation in the Club World Cup and its aftermath. The figure, which goes some way towards vindicating Enzo Maresca's rotation and his complaints about injuries, is contained in a report published by the insurance company Howden, which puts the cost of injuries to clubs in Europe's top five leagues over the past five years at almost 3bn."
"The report found Chelsea had 23 injuries between 1 June and 31 October, including seven during the Club World Cup in the United States, the same number as Paris Saint-Germain, whom they beat in the final. Howden calculated the financial loss to Chelsea of players missing through injury as 17m up to October, almost a quarter of their 80m Club World Cup prize money, and more than a third of their 45m loss last season."
"Maresca cited the impact of the Club World Cup in September when Chelsea were missing five defenders through injury and lost three successive games in the Champions League and Premier League. He made five changes for last week's Champions League defeat at Atalanta, a setback followed by Saturday's cryptic comments after a Premier League win against Everton that he had endured his worst 48 hours at the club owing to a lack of support from unspecified people."
Chelsea experienced a 44% increase in injuries between June and October compared with the previous season, covering participation in the Club World Cup and its aftermath. Howden, an insurance company, estimated injuries cost clubs in Europe's top five leagues almost 3bn over five years and calculated Chelsea's injury-related player-wage loss at 17m up to October. Chelsea recorded 23 injuries between 1 June and 31 October, including seven during the Club World Cup. Injuries left Chelsea missing defenders, coincided with three successive defeats and prompted rotation by Enzo Maresca. Manchester City had 22 injuries though none during the tournament, while PSG had 19 including seven during the Club World Cup. Fifpro raised workload and rest-pattern concerns.
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