Chelsea loanee Malo Gusto has opened up about his injury recovery ahead of joining up with the Blues at the end of the season.

Gusto was acquired by the west London club for £31 million from Lyon in the January transfer window before being sent on loan to the French team for the balance of the current season.

The 19-year-old right back suffered a serious hamstring injury a month later, prompting him to go early to England to hasten his recovery.

But Gusto has now finished his recovery at Chelsea's Cobham training facility in Surrey, and he's already headed back to France to finish out his loan.

In Sunday's Ligue 1 match against Marseille, Gusto made his comeback for Lyon and played for 10 minutes.

It was a complicated period with my injury but I’m happy to be back on the pitch,’ Gusto said.

‘The injury was more serious than what the diagnosis suggested. I was able to recover well and that is the most important thing for both clubs.

Lyon and Chelsea managed the thing well in terms of my rehabilitation. It went well, I am happy.

‘There are regular exchanges with the two clubs and I had things to respect on each side.

‘We reached an agreement after a certain time. Lyon came to see me at Chelsea, to see how I was doing and It made me happy and it pushed me.’

Lyon boss Laurent Blanc, however, seemed to hint at a disagreement between his club and Chelsea’s medical staff over Gusto’s injury.

‘When two medical staff take care of a player and both agree, that can do it,’ Blanc said. ‘But if they don’t [and] are not quite in agreement, how do we do it? That’s it. It’s a special case.’

Gusto also appeared to face some criticism from Lyon supporters over heading to England for his recovery and has sent a message to them

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