Latest Chelsea injury news as eight key stars to miss Liverpool with Thiago Silva update expected
Mauricio Pochettino awaits a late fitness test to see if veteran defender Thiago Silva can play any part in Chelsea's Carabao Cup final meeting with Liverpool on Sunday. The Blues travel to Wembley with a much-depleted squad, much like their opponents.
Plenty of the buildup for the match has been around the injuries to both sides with a possible 20 players set to miss the game. The Reds have seen their options decimated in recent weeks with serious knocks for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, and Dominik Szoboszlai, but Chelsea fans feel little sympathy.
Pochettino has been without at least eight first-team players for most of the season as a conveyor belt of talent continued to go in and out of the team with varying fitness problems. Those haven't got much better leading into the final either.
Benoit Badiashile had been building up form after a return to the side from his own long-term lay-off, but he is expected to be out for at least another two weeks, football.london understands. That has added to an already lengthy defensive shortage at Stamford Bridge with Reece James and Wesley Fofana still out.
Marc Cucurella is back in partial team training having not played since mid-December, but he is still out as well. Robert Sanchez was said to be available for last week's draw with Manchester City but wasn't selected on the bench by Pochettino at the Etihad Stadium.
The big wait is over Silva. He went off during the 3-1 win over Crystal Palace almost two weeks ago and has been a doubt to return ever since. Pochettino is hopeful that his man will be able to at least make the bench at Wembley. «Yes, he has a chance,» he told reporters on Friday.
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