Chelsea get major double injury update ahead of Burnley with Moises Caicedo training blow

For Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino, when it rains it pours and right now it's monsoon season. Results have briefly turned ahead of the international break in October but the hopes for an influx of star players returning have somewhat been suppressed.

Armando Broja is back in action but forced back ahead of time due to necessity rather than choice, it feels. Noni Madueke also made a return to the first team squad against Fulham and got some pity minutes towards the end of the 2-0 win, it was the first time he had featured since before the previous break.

Outside of that and it's a similar tale for the Blues and their new manager.Four key first team players are yet to feature under Pochettino, three of which would be in contention for a starting spot. Reece James is set to go into his second international break of the season having only played once.

There is hope that the club captain will be back when domestic action gets underway again after being handed a ban by the FA that would rule him out of the trip to Burnley had he been fit anyway. Benoit Badiashile had been targeting this period in early October but is yet to be seen this term, Romeo Lavia is amongst those looking towards November rather than the immediate future.

It is the injury to Ben Chilwell — now expected to be out for around two months — that has blunted some of the optimism slowly building at Stamford Bridge and the continued feeling of anxiety over Moises Caicedo's fitness. The Ecuador international has joined Chelsea and seemingly fallen foul to the same curse that plagues many of those that came before him.

He missed the first game back after the last break due to a knock picked up with his country and has been nursing the knee problem ever since. At