Chelsea have been handed a significant boost ahead of their New Year's Day Premier League fixture against Nottingham Forest with both Mateo Kovacic and Hakim Ziyech returning to training at Cobham this morning.
The two players were in action throughout the World Cup for Croatia and Morocco respectively and featured in the third-place play-off between the two countries, which was won 2-1 by Croatia just eleven days ago.
Kovacic and Ziyech were subsequently given time off to relax and recharge– as was the case with every Chelsea player who represented their countries at the tournament in Qatar. But it meant the pair weren't in contention to face Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge yesterday.
