Van Ginkel sidelined after knee surgery

Van Ginkel, 20, suffered a serious injury in the first half of Chelsea's 2-0 League Cup win over Swindon Town on Tuesday.

And the club revealed on Thursday that the Netherlands international has now had an operation on his anterior cruciate ligament.

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