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Before Chelsea’s next Premier League match on March 30 against Burnley, three new fitness concerns have surfaced.
With exciting wins over Newcastle United and Leicester City in the FA Cup and Premier League last week, the Blues entered the international break on a high note.
Regarding injuries, Mauricio Pochettino also had a major help when Ben Chilwell recovered from a knee ailment and Benoit Badiashile overcame a groyne problem to be one of the substitutes in the second of both matches.
Nevertheless, Chelsea has had to cope with persistent injuries this season, and it seems like Pochettino will have to keep a close check on the remaining international games.
All three of Cole Palmer, Malo Gusto, and Carney Chukwuemeka have missed a lot of games since they left to represent their country.
Palmer’s problem has not been made public, but earlier this week, he was compelled to skip England’s training sessions, and as a result, he will not be playing against Brazil on Saturday at Wembley.
The 21-year-old will currently stay with the Three Lions team before their match against Belgium on Tuesday, however it’s unclear if he’ll be ready to play.
Due to illness, Gusto was removed from the France Under-23 team and permitted to return home. The team is currently training for the Olympic Games.
The right-back essentially has a week to recover for the Clarets match because he played the full 90 minutes in the games against Newcastle and Leicester.
Chukwuemeka scored one of the two game-winning goals against Leicester to go into the international break on a high, making his first significant contribution since the season’s second weekend.
He was hoping to use Friday’s England Under-21s encounter against Azerbaijan to hone his match fitness, but a knock he took during training kept him out of the game.
The 20-year-old might be able to make a comeback on Tuesday against Luxembourg before pressing for a starting berth in Pochettino’s squad.
Reece James, Wesley Fofana, and Lesley Ugochukwu will be absent for Chelsea going into the Burnley match, but Christopher Nkunku, Romeo Lavia, and Levi Colwill could all be able to make a comeback.
