Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that Mateo Kovacic will be available for Chelsea against Leicester but conceded that the club will be cautious with the midfielder who is set to take a place on the Blues bench. Tuchel confirmed that N'Golo Kante was the only player set to miss the match through injury, suggesting that Armando Broja is also back in contention.
The 28-year-old has struggled with a knee problem and is yet to play a minute this term after seeing his pre-season tour disrupted with the issue. Kovacic was named in Chelsea's opening day squad to face Everton but following that, was taken out of training so he could undergo more rehabilitation to avoid the inflammation that was occurring.
Tuchel said: "He's back in the group, N'Golo is the only one who did not train now. Everybody is back in training, Kova is back in the group and ready to play some 20 minutes. We miss him as a personality and experience and his quality, it's maybe a 20 minutes at the moment. It's his first training week without a reaction in the knee.
