But, thankfully, it looks like it's one of those injuries that tends to flare up on the eve of an international break so he should be fit to face Man United a week on Saturday.
And the Blues really seem to be pushing the bounds of credibility with the injury that's keeping Howard from hooking up with his American team mates as he's out with 'damaged fibres on the underside of his foot'.
Which makes it sound like he's pulled his sock more than anything!
In other injury news Phil Neville, Steven Pienaar and Leon Osman are all making progress but whether they'll be available for the trip to Old Trafford is still unclear.
And does anyone actually know why Leon Osman has been missing as he seemed to just disappear from the squad?
Maybe he went to one of those seafood discos and pulled a mussel!
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