Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has admitted he may have to do something ‘crazy’ with his team selection against Wolves on Sunday.
The German boss is going through a tough spell right now, winning just one of his last five Premier League games.
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Injuries and illness have played a huge part in this with his midfield depleted.
Against Everton, Ruben Loftus-Cheek started his fifth game in a row with N’Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic still not considered fit enough to start.
Kante was on the bench in Thursday night’s shock 1-1 draw as he returns from knee trouble, but Kovacic has been absent since October with injury and then COVID.
Now Tuchel’s starting pair of Jorginho and Loftus-Cheek are ‘in pain’ though, and he could be forced into a dramatic decision.
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“Mateo had his first day in training, today,” said the Blues’ head coach.
“If you want to have my very honest opinion, we have again Jorginho a doubt for Sunday, because he’s in pain.
“We have Ruben Loftus-Cheek a doubt, because he’s in pain.
“So do we know that they can travel with us tomorrow? No we don’t.
“I don’t know if it’s possible for them to play on Sunday.
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“So maybe we will start with N’Golo And Mateo.
“Would that be fair? No. Would that be possible? I don’t know, but maybe we have to.
“We need to find a balance now, because we put everything on Jorginho’s shoulders and on his responsibility.
“Maybe we are forced to do the crazy stuff that we wouldn’t normally do. But what’s normal? We miss key players and we find solutions.”
