Enzo Maresca has reportedly agreed to allow Wesley Fofana to play only one match per week as he adjusts to featuring for the first-team on the back of a long-term injury.
missed the entirety of last season after suffering an ACL setback in pre-season and also missed a lengthy part of 2022/23 due to a knee issue, ensuring it has been a troublesome start to life in London.
Now back in action this term, however, the Frenchman has started each of the club's seven Premier League games and appears to be full of confidence in the heart of defence.
have a number of fixtures on the horizon in other competitions such as the Carabao Cup and Conference League, which will soon be compounded by FA Cup commitments in the New Year.
Attempting not to place Fofana under too much pressure amid the huge demands placed on the team, have stated a special agreement is in place that enables the French defender to feature only once a week until January.
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France national team manager Didier Deschamps hinted at Chelsea's plan for Fofana - which will remain in place until 2025 - last week, saying: "He has a programme which is adapted at the moment where he plays the Premier League matches and he has clearly responded. He is coming off a period of inactivity but since the last month he was able to continue playing matches and to perform."
The former Leicester City star had the chance to leave the Blues this summer for a return to his home country, though turned down the chance to sign for Marseille.
"I would be lying if I said I didn't weigh it up," he told . "It was from [Mehdi] Benatia, Marseille's sporting director. "It touched me and I think everyone knows why. I thought about it but there you go, the current objective is to succeed at Chelsea, to try and play regularly, and to establish myself at my club."
