After the international break, action returns to English
Premier League on Saturday as Chelsea will host West Brom in Stamford Bridge.
The Blues had their first training session post international
break today as Thomas Tuchel seeks to get his charges back up to speed for West
Brom encounter. Olivier Giroud, Mateo Kovacic and Reece James all returned to
training for the blues. Very notable was that the trio of Thiago Silva,
Jorginho and Tammy Abraham trained today, recovering from individual injuries.
Thiago Silva had been nursing an injury he sustained against Tottenham while the duo of Kovacic and Abraham have also missed key games with injuries recently including their crucial second leg encounter with Atletico Madrid. In the absence of Silva, Tuchel has experimented with a couple of center-back pairings but would be delighted at the return of the former PSG captain for their vital UCL tie against FC Porto next week.
Italian midfielder
Jorginho will also add the much-needed prudence for the blues as they go into a
season-defining last few weeks of the season. The same could be said about
Tammy Abraham who is Chelsea’s top scorer this season. In his absence record
signing, Kai Havertz has even had to fill in the number nine against Leeds
United.
Chelsea fans will be hoping for the return of these three players
can propel them over Porto to the semi-finals of the Champions League this
season.
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