Enzo Fernandez drops early Newcastle team news hint as Chelsea wonderkid eyes first start
Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo have dropped an early team news hint ahead of Chelsea's clash against Newcastle United. The Blues will welcome the Magpies to Stamford Bridge on Monday evening as either side hopes to climb the Premier League table.
Chelsea head into the tie off the back of a disappointing draw with Brentford, meanwhile, Newcastle will have a skip in their step after thrashing Wolves at St James' Park. With Mauricio Pochettino under great pressure and the Magpies soaring, Eddie Howe's side will be keen to pile on the misery in west London.
Nevertheless, Fernandez and Caicedo have posted pre-match graphic previews of the tie to their respective Instagram stories. Historically, this suggests they will be involved in some capacity. Thiago Silva, Alfie Gilchrist, Raheem Sterling and Deivid Washington, who's never started for Chelsea, have also done the same, indicating that they too could feature.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the clash, Pochettino revealed Conor Gallagher is a doubt for the clash while also ruling out Levi Colwill and Ben Chilwell. The Chelsea boss said: «I think you all know now that we have added to the list of injured players.
»Levi Colwill and Chilly, Chilwell. On Saturday, Gallagher has not trained because he has a virus. That is the news from the medical," added Pochettino. «He is still not here. In the last three days of training, he is not here. We will see on Saturday or tomorrow if he can be with the possibility to train.
»The problem with this kind of situation is you lose weight, the energy is always down, you need time to recover and see if it can be possible to be available and in which level you can be available. We need to assess him in the next few days."
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