Chelsea players that could be unavailable vs Brentford

Chelsea will return to action this weekend after the two weeks international break.

The Blues will face Brentford, however, without some of their key players.

Manager Thomas Tuchel in a pre-match statement, said Callum Hudson Odoi would be unavailable for the match.

Hudson-Odoi has not played for the Blues since the FA Cup win over Luton Town, but he returned to training earlier in the week at Cobham.

Tuchel stated that the English star is still suffering from the same injury.

‘Hudson-Odoi and Chilwell will miss the game tomorrow. Callum still feels his Achilles a bit and has some lower back problems. Everyone else was in training.

‘Reece James is ready to go and is in the squad,’ Tuchel confirmed.

Tuchel also updated the fitness and availability of Thiago Silva and Christian Pulisic, who were away with Brazil and the USA during the international break.

‘Thiago is a bit different than Christian. Thiago did not play the third match with Brazil, and he came back one day earlier. He did not have the same jetlag as Christian. He was here yesterday and trained today so is available for tomorrow,’ Tuchel said.

‘For Christian, we need to decide. He did not train today. We decided to give him another recovery session today, so he did not train. He is here but feels very tired due to the time difference.

‘He played 85 minutes one and a half days ago. He played all three matches for USA. We will figure out if it makes sense for him to play tomorrow.’

Jorginho who was on international duty for Italy is expected to be available for the match, having returned earlier than the rest.