Graham Potter has welcomed Mason Mount, Conor Gallagher, Raheem Sterling and Thiago Silva back to Chelsea training in the build-up to the Blues' Premier League return against Bournemouth. The group are the latest players to return from the World Cup having being knocked out in the quarter-finals of the tournament against France and Croatia respectively.
Chelsea's stars have all been given around one week off following their contributions in Qatar with the latest cohort returning on Sunday morning, with those knocked out earlier in the tournament returning to Cobham following Chelsea's trip to Abu Dhabi. The training camp in the UAE saw the Blues defeated 1-0 by Aston Villa, with a few first team stars supplemented by a number of development squad players.
Potter's side have a further friendly to play behind closed doors against Brentford in the build up to domestic football returning. The 47-year-old coach will be relieved to see greater numbers in training over the last week with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Armando Broja and N'Golo Kante still injured, while Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana and Reece James continued their build to full fitness.
