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Alex set to miss start of season
23 Jul 2010
Defender Alex is to miss the start of the Barclays Premier League season after Chelsea confirmed he is to be sidelined for a month with a thigh injury.
The 28-year-old will sit out today's friendly trip to Ajax because of the knock he picked up in training, as will new signing Yossi Benayoun, who has a groin problem.
"There are no more coming that didn't play against Crystal Palace, so Yossi Benayoun is out and Alex has a problem in his thigh but with the other players it is the same squad," coach Carlo Ancelotti, whose side beat Palace 1-0 at the weekend, told www.chelseafc.com.
It is the second such blow in successive days for Chelsea, who on Wednesday saw goalkeeper Petr Cech ruled out for a month with a torn calf.
