Chelsea will make a late decision on the fitness of Joao Pedro ahead of Tuesday\u2019s trip to Brighton, while Estevao Willian has been ruled out of the game.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Blues\u2019 medical team are continuing to monitor Joao Pedro after the striker missed Saturday\u2019s 1-0 defeat by Manchester United with a thigh complaint.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old returned to light training on Monday, but a final assessment will be made on the morning of the game against his former club.<\/p>\n
Estevao is confirmed to be unavailable after suffering a hamstring injury during the first half of the weekend\u2019s match. The Brazilian winger pulled up while through on goal and is currently undergoing further tests to determine the length of his absence.<\/p>\n
Enzo Fernandez is available for selection after recovering from the cramp that forced him off late on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoao will be a late call,\u201d said Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was out on the (training) pitch today. We\u2019ll make a decision on him tomorrow morning. That\u2019s positive, because he\u2019ll be back sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
\u201cEstee is definitely out for tomorrow, which is a real shame. We\u2019re doing further tests and investigation into his injury. Enzo is absolutely fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Rosenior has insisted he feels \u201c100%\u201d support from Chelsea\u2019s owners despite the team\u2019s poor run. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Get the latest direct to your phone \u2013 follow West London Sport\u2019s WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/p>\n Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea will make a late decision on the fitness of Joao Pedro ahead of Tuesday\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"WhatsApp\"\/](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6b\/WhatsApp.svg\")
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