Chelsea move to plug midfield hole following Romeu blow

Chelsea began turning their attention to plugging a hole in their midfield ranks today after Oriol Romeu was all but ruled out for the rest of the season.

The European champions announced Romeu was expected to be out for six months after undergoing anterior cruciate reconstruction surgery and medial meniscus repair yesterday on the knee he injured in Saturday’s Barclays Premier League win at Sunderland.