Tuchel on Chelsea injury update

After a few days from football activities, Chelsea will return to action on Saturday when they host Plymouth in the FA Cup.

Ahead of the match, the Blues manager Thomas Tuchel has given an update on the injury list in his squad.

According to Tuchel, Reece James, Ben Chilwell, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are still out on injury.

He added that Christian Pulisic and Thiago Silva, who are on international assignment for the United States and Brazil, respectively, are yet to return to the team.

”Not Reece James and Ben Chilwell, unfortunately, and not Ruben Loftus-Cheek. They are still injured, everybody else was in training except Christian Pulisic and Thiago Silva. Everybody else was there, we’ve had a good training week.”

“It’s very rare we have four training sessions to prepare a match. So it was very nice to freshen up some tactical elements and have a physical input that was more than normal.

“We feel very prepared, and it was also necessary because we respect the opponent, the competition and the situation that for them it’s a unique game and opportunity to show, in a situation where they have absolutely nothing to lose.

“So we have to be prepared for that and, of course, we have now one week where we play the FA Cup, the semi-final and then hopefully the final in the Club World Cup. So we want to be prepared for all of that, from tomorrow.”