Champions League: Chelsea goalkeeper to play against Sevilla

Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy could allegedly recuperate from a thigh injury so as to start in goal for the Premier league giants against Sevilla on Tuesday.

The ex-Rennes man got the injury while on international duty with Senegal and had to miss Chelsea’s 3-3 draw with Southampton, in which Kepa Arrizabalaga went under hefty analysis for his presentation once again.

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard also has the choice of veteran goalkeeper Willy Caballero for the Blues’ first Champions League match of the season, however as indicated by The Telegraph, Edouard Mendy is accessible subsequent to getting back to training sooner than anticipated.

Edouard Mendy is said to have trained well over the recent days and Frank Lampard is currently confronting a difficulty over which player to choose for the visit of Europa League champions Sevilla, with the 28-year-old’s first Premier League outing for Chelsea seeing him keep a clean sheet in a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace.

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Ahead Sevilla’s outing to Stamford Bridge in midweek, Los Palanganas boss Julen Lopetegui has asserted that Chelsea could go right in the current year’s Champions League.