Chelsea Handed Major Injury Boost in Midfield, Days After N'golo Kante Suffered Setback

• Chelsea fans will be largely relieved after Matteo Kovacic returned to training
• The Croatian has not featured for his side this season after suffering a knee injury
• The Blues come up against Leicester City in their next Premier League fixture

Chelsea have been handed a major injury boost as Croatian midfielder Matteo Kovacic returned to full training recently.

Kovacic, who is yet to make an appearance for Thomas Tuchel’s side in their opening three games, was part of the team that trained away from their usual Cobham training base on Tuesday, August 23.

Earlier in the month, Tuchel had revealed that medical staff had delayed his return to training.

“Has issues with his knee, always a little bit of a reaction,' Tuchel said earlier this month,” Tuchel said as quoted on Daily Mail.

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“We decided to take a step back to increase treatment time to reduce the stress that comes from training to have a normal reaction before we can start again,”

Sportbible further reports that several players were missing from the open training session.

Notable names that did not take part were Armando Broja and N’golo Kante, who are both nursing injuries, while Callum-Hudson Odoi was also absent amid speculation over his future at Stamford Bridge.

Emerson Palmieri was also absent, with reports suggesting he was undergoing a medical ahead of a switch to West Ham.

Chelsea’s opening 3 games

As far as the Blues’ performances are concerned, Thomas Tuchel has experienced mixes fortunes in the league so far.

In their opening three league games, Chelsea has experienced a win, draw and defeat against Everton, Tottenham and Leeds respectively.

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Elsewhere, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s move to Chelsea is imminent as Barcelona continue talks with Chelsea.

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The Gabon international only joined Barcelona seven months ago from Arsenal, but has already been tipped to return to the Premier League.

He was on the scoresheet on Wednesday as Barcelona played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Manchester City in a friendly that saw Pep Guardiola and Xavi reunite as managers.