Moises Caicedo and two Chelsea stars drop early team news hints for Brentford clash
Mauricio Pochettino could welcome back two players from injury for Chelsea's Premier League clash against Brentford this afternoon. The Blues have been plagued by injuries throughout the 2023/24 season with Pochettino guaranteed to be without seven players, including Christopher Nkunku, for the short trip to Brentford.
The France international's first season at Stamford Bridge has certainly not gone to plan with another issue meaning he is likely to miss the next month of action. «I think he suffered a problem in his hamstring and we will see in a few weeks if he can be again available,» Pochettino admitted on Friday. «But yes, now he is doing recovery from Sunday.
»A little bit unlucky, bad luck because to suffer again another setback, it's always tough for a player that didn't play too much during the season that also came from the Bundesliga, from Germany, with some problems." However, with that, a positive has arrived as Pochettino may have both Thiago Silva and Marc Cucurella back available.
«We need to assess him [Silva] and Marc Cucurella,» Pochettino revealed when asked for the latest injury news. «Both maybe are undecided but maybe it is possible to be involved in the squad. Two good news. They will be possible in the squad.» Given injury issues, much of Pochettino's starting XI in recent weeks has chosen itself with Dorde Petrovic, Ben Chilwell and Malo Gusto the only fit options to play in goal, at left-back and right-back.
However, with more players returning and others given chances, Chelsea are beginning to improve their squad depth. Despite a number of potential returns, the midfield three of Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo and Conor Gallagher has become the core of Pochettino's team and that looks unlikely to
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