Chelsea suffer injury blow ahead of game vs. Fulham and Real Madrid

Thomas Tuchel’s led Chelsea side have suffered injury blows ahead of their weekend match in the Premier League when they face Fulham.

There are also indications that the injured players could miss their second leg match vs. Real. Madrid in the Uefa Champions League.

The injured players have been revealed to be the Blues midfielder, Matteo Kovacic and their left-back defender, Antonio Rudiger.

While Kovacic have missed a few of Chelsea matches lately, the report revealed he was back in training with the rest of the team this week but is not considered feat to play just yet, according to Tuchel in the confidence is not there yet.

In the case of Rudiger, he was available during Chelsea’s 1-1 win vs. Real Madrid but suffered an injury afterwards.

Tuchel in a statement revealed it is not a big issue but confirmed Rudiger wouldn’t be available vs. Fulham this weekend.

When asked during his Premier League pre-match press conference on Friday if Kovacic will return, Tuchel said, “No, unfortunately not, he is still injured. He trained with us, but he’s still not fully confident, he felt something at the end of training. So he’s not available, unfortunately.”

He, however, believes Rudiger will be available during their second leg match vs. Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge.