Carney Chukwuemeka took part in his final Chelsea training session of the season before joining up with the England Under-20s World Cup squad. The 19-year-old midfielder has struggled for game time since swapping Villa Park for Stamford Bridge in the summer, having only played a total of 241 minutes.
Despite that, his absence from the Blues squad to face Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon comes as a blow. Frank Lampard will also be without Mason Mount, Reece James and Ben Chilwell against Steve Cooper's side, so the west Londoners have been working hard at Cobham.
Ahead of the tie, the Chelsea caretaker boss revealed how it felt to be training off the back of a win. The Blues picked up a 3-1 over Bournemouth last weekend – the first of Lampard's interim tenure.
