Christopher Nkunku is now sidelined for Chelsea due to a hamstring injury (AMA/Getty)

Mauricio Pochettino believes Christopher Nkunku will be out for ‘a few weeks’ due to a hamstring injury.

Chelsea?s £52 million signing was brought on as a substitute in the second half of the Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.

However, he missed Chelsea’s win over Leeds United in the FA Cup on Wednesday evening due to his latest injury setback.

Nkunku has now been ruled out of Chelsea’s trip to Brentford on Saturday and Pochettino admits the 26-year-old has endured a ‘difficult’ debut season at Stamford Bridge due to his injury issues.

‘He suffered a problem in his hamstring, now we’ll see in a few weeks if he can be available,’ Pochettino said on Friday.
Christopher Nkunku will miss a ‘few weeks’, according to Mauricio Pochettino (Shutterstock)

‘Now he’s doing recovery from Sunday, a little bit unlucky, bad luck, because he’s suffered a setback again from another injury I think is always tough for a player who hasn’t played much during the season and that also came from the Bundesliga with some problems.

‘Because he was so good in pre-season, I think it’s a difficult season for him, it’s difficult to accept another injury and a delay to play more consistently.

‘I want to say bad luck because I don’t have the information and knowledge about medici...