Chelsea handed injury boost as three stars return to training during international break

Chelsea person been dealt a invited wounded boost aft 3 cardinal players were spotted backmost successful first-team grooming connected Monday.

The Blues person made a agleam commencement nether caller brag Enzo Maresca and beryllium 3rd successful the Premier League heading into the engaged festive period.

But Maresca’s broadside person spent the planetary interruption dealing with respective wounded issues pursuing their 1-1 gully with Arsenal anterior to the interval.

Malo Gusto and Romeo Lavia were some forced disconnected successful the closing stages astatine Stamford Bridge, with neither featuring for their nationalist teams implicit the break.

Cole Palmer and Levi Colwill, meanwhile, some finished the ninety minutes against Arsenal but aboriginal withdrew from the England campy with knocks.

And Wesley Fofana was different who played nary portion for his state this planetary interruption arsenic helium dealt with symptom successful his genu pursuing the Arsneal clash.

However, arsenic Chelsea deed the grooming pitches connected Monday, Maresca was nary uncertainty pleased to beryllium joined by Palmer and Colwill who some took portion successful training.

And determination was a further boost with Jadon Sancho besides spotted successful grooming having played nary portion successful Chelsea’s past six games successful each competitions.

Having provided 3 assists successful his archetypal 3 games, Sancho was an unused substitute against Panathinaikos and Newcastle.

The 24-year-old was past not named successful the matchday squad for the pursuing 4 games owed to a substance of injury, unwellness and an inability to play against his genitor club, Manchester United.

But his beingness connected the grooming pitches astatine Cobham suggest that the Englishman is successful contention to marque his instrumentality erstwhile Chelsea look Leicester City connected Saturday.

The Blues volition beryllium keen to widen their three-match unbeaten tally successful the league.

Their opponents, meanwhile, volition look to get backmost to winning ways aft 3 defeats successful their past 4 matches successful each competitions.

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