Tuchel confirmed: Werner, Lukaku and Kovacic out until mid-November
In the absence of two strikers, Chelsea will have a tough job ahead of rivals.
boss Thomas Tuchel has ruled out Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner and Mateo Kovacic due to injury until mid-November.
After the 4-0 victory over Malmo in the Champions League, Lukaku and Werner could not play for the Blues due to injuries. They missed Chelsea's games against Southampton and Norwich, and now Tuchel will not have his strikers for Newcastle, Malmo and Burnley. Now the German coach has confirmed that the three influential players will not be ready until mid-November.
"Timo and Romelu are still out because of their injuries,"
Tuchel told reporters.
"Christian Pulisic did join the last two training sessions, but it's still too early, given the time that he missed."
"I'm not a friend of deadlines and putting pressure on expectations, but I can tell you that it's realistic that both of them, Timo and Romelu, have a new target, and that target is after the international break. That is what we aim for and they aim for.
"With Christian Pulisic, we are looking at the Burnley match."
Asked about injured players who are ready to return, Tuchel replied:
"Everybody else is available. Azpi [Cesar Azpilicueta] is back on the pitch, Ruben [Loftus-Cheek] is back on the pitch, N'G [N'Golo Kante] is back on the pitch. They are with the team tomorrow and ready to play."
DISCLAIMER! Sportmob does not claim ownership of any of the pictures posted on this website. Again, we do not host pictures or videos ourselves. Our authors merely link to the rightful owner. Lastly, Sportmob have carefully considered and reviewed all of its content. Despite that, it is possible that some information might be out-dated or incomplete.