Chelsea take on Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup this Sunday, and everyone is expecting Frank Lampard to pick a heavily rotated team.
The Chelsea boss didn’t take the press conference today as he was under the weather, but assistant Jody Morris took duties and he went into some detail on who might feature against the Tricky Trees.
Morris on team news: "Injury wise, Alonso is out. Ruben is out. Apart from that we are still having a look at a few players in the fallout from Brighton. At the moment, it is looking good apart from them two. Fik trained today and is not feeling the best, Olivier is okay" #CFC
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As you can see in the quotes carried by Nizaar Kinsella of Goal.com above, Morris initially ruled out two players – long term absentee Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Marcos Alonso.
He then implied everyone else was fit, but warned that Fikayo Tomori is “not feeling the best” as the annual viruses that tear through clubs at this time of year appear to continue affecting the squad.
Tomori would be hoping to play if fit, especially after missing out against Brighton, so he will hope that the big clears up so he can play with Andreas Christensen in the cup.