Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has discovered his side may want to leave out captain Cesar Azpilicueta and Timo Werner when they take on Crystal Palace on Saturday.a hundred and sixty;
Midfielder Mason Mount is also out of the away trip after destructive ankle ligaments at some point of Chelsea's win over Palmeiras within the Club World Cup. Tuchel says Azpilicueta and Werner would possibly miss the Palace tie because of health troubles.
"Of direction, Ben Chilwell is out and the 2 you stated [Mount and James]," he stated on Friday.one hundred sixty;
"We have some doubts about Azpi, we need to check today. He felt a piece of soreness in schooling the day earlier than the day gone by so we want to look him inside the schooling."
"And to add, Timo Werner has stuck a cold so it [the game] looks as if it comes too early day after today."
"I had the sensation right from the very start that we had to cope with a massive injury and unluckily, my feeling become proper," Tuchel stated at some point of his pre-match press convention.
"We had a little little bit of a setback due to the fact he caught the flu inside the moment when he became very close to rejoin team schooling. So this was a setback."
The Blues ought to but welcome Mount after they tackle Liverpool on February 27 in the Carabao Cup very last.one hundred sixty;
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