As Chelsea prepared for their Saturday premier league encounter with Brentford United, Players who were not selected by their respective National Teams due to fitness problems resumed training at the Cobham Training Center.
The Bees’ visit will be the first of six games for Thomas Tuchel’s team in April. And Chelsea’s fixture slate is far from easy as they try to reach the FA Cup final, the Champions League semi-finals, and secure third place in the Premier League despite a late challenge from Arsenal.
Chelsea injury returnees Reece James, Andreas Christensen, and Callum Hudson-Odoi were spotted in training ahead of the match against Brentford, according to Adam Newson, the club’s correspondent for Football. London.
Reece James
The Chelsea defender pulled out of England’s squad to face Switzerland and Ivory Coast due to a lack of match fitness. However, James was seen training at the Cobham yesterday.
Speaking of James called up by Southgate, Thomas Tichel said: “Petr Cech will have this chat because, of course, the recommendation is that he does not go. He is still in individual training, otherwise, we would have brought him to Lille and we would have brought him here for sure. There is no doubt about it. He is still in individual training, he needs one more week of rehabilitation and I think we can provide this much better than – it is not the job of the national team to do this.”
The return of Reece James will come as a piece of good news to Blues Fans as the 22 years old is expected to play a major role as Chelsea seeks to defend their Champions League against Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge.
Callum Hudson-Odoi
The winger hasn’t featured for Chelsea since the FA Cup match against Luton at the start of the month, and his return will give Thomas Tuchel’s side more depth as the season nears its end.
Odoi, who is sometimes deployed as a left wing-back by Tuchel, and his return will boast Chelsea squad depth as they prepare for the crucial part of the season.
Andreas Christensen
Due to a muscular injury, Christensen missed both of Denmark’s friendly games during the international break this month.
However, it appears like he will be able to recover to full fitness after returning to team training.
In other news, Jorginho has also returned to training after Italy suffered a shock defeat to North Macedonia in the semifinal of the world cup playoff.
