The teenager has not travelled to Belarus as he has been suffering from 'flu-like' symptoms.
So he'll be tucked up in his Everton pyjamas, drinking lemsip from his Everton mug and watching re-runs of The Bold and the Beautiful...possibly.
This is a major blow for the Blues who are already without Phil Neville and Steven Pienaar thanks to the 'Everton-knee-injury-curse' - that's now an official curse on several reputable voodoo websites - and John Heitinga is still ineligible thanks to that ridiculous UEFA ruling.
Lucas Neill is also unable to play but it's unclear whether this is due to fitness or house-getting-turned-over reasons.
Oh yeah, and Louis Saha is suspended thanks to that snide Juanfran get at AEK Athens.
So, all told, this could be one tough game as David Moyes does not have too many midfield options available.
That said, we still have Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Tim Cahill, Dan Gosling, Leon Osman and Marouane Fellaini available so we should be able to cobble together a decent unit from that lot!