Jase

Before anyone panics...

Mendy looks likely to miss this game, according to The Athletic... https://theathletic.com/news/chelsea mendy injury update latest/KfZdMZhAEtgh

Simon Johnson on the injury... https://theathletic.com/news/chelsea mendy injury update latest/KfZdMZhAEtgh

Mendy has picked up a thigh injury during training while with Senegal. Has returned to the club for further checks. No word on the severity yet.

Absolute farcical that players are being made to play international football at this time!

YES!

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Therein lies the potential problem.

But what happens if/when Pulisic is out again? Don't tell me we're gonna move Werner out wide there every single time?

Gilmour will be a good/great player for us in the future but for the love of god, can we not hype him up as a "complete midfielder" or some sort of savior? We saw games last season where he was great (notably when he first broke through) and also games where his inexperience was exposed etc. He's only 19 years old and on his way back from a serious injury. It's crazy and unrealistic to expect him to perform at a high level consistently right now.

Apparently, Ziyech is still not fit to play in Morocco's upcoming match against Senegal.

Not sure if this is the full quote but it sounds way less harsh/controversial than how it's phrased there... https://www.goal.com/en/news/kepa-feeling-confident-with-spain-despite-chelsea-struggles/wmuw04qee10t1l6ehdw85zhoq

So Kroenke was able to provide the money to buy players but not the money to retain the staff at the club? Arsenal are a disgrace.

Phew...

Kante isn't starting.

If Pjanic was 4-5 years younger, then I think the signing/swap would have been great but since that's not the case, it's not really a big loss.

So, Bayern don't value CHO as much as they say in public, do they? All the more obvious all they wanted was squad depth, which they were desperate for.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/10/06/portugal-loan-for-malang-sarr?cardIndex=0-0 Loan deal to Porto confirmed.

EEEEKKK!

Fair play but Arsenal are in awkward spot now.