With less than two weeks until the resumption of the Premier League, work got back under way in earnest at Cobham on Wednesday morning. The Blues returned to action after flying back home from Abu Dhabi on Monday.
Their first friendly of the mid-season break saw a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa compounded by a significant injury to Armando Broja. The Albania international ruptered his anterior cruciate ligament and is now expected to miss the remainder of the season.
Trevoh Chalobah did not feature in the CBF Al Wahda FC Challenge Cup match despite having originally been named in the starting lineup. The 23-year-old was taken out of the team as a precaution and returned to Chelsea training on Wednesday alongside a number of Blues stars who arrived under Graham Potter's tutelage once again having participated in the World Cup.
