It never rains but it pours for Graham Potter. Chelsea's manager has enough problems as it is and so Thiago Silva would have been pretty high on the list of players he absolutely didn't want to lose.
The news the Brazilian defender will be sidelined for up to six weeks after suffering knee ligament damage in Sunday's defeat to Tottenham will feel like another hefty blow at a time when he's taking a lot of them.
Silva is one of those rare performers for whom age is just a number.