Chelsea and Todd Boehly have been spared their Frenkie de Jong blushes as key midfielder Mateo Kovacic deems himself 'ready' to return for the next Premier League game against Leicester amid N'Golo Kante injury fear.
The Blues have started off the campaign with four points from the first nine available. Even before the season started, manager Thomas Tuchel had an injury predicament on his hands. During the tour of the United States, it was clear that the 28-year-old wasn't himself.
He had his knee strapped up before the majority of those pre-season clashes and come the opening Everton game, the Croatian international was only fit enough for the bench. Having racked around only 90 minutes in total during the games across the Atlantic, Tuchel didn't believe his number 8 was fit enough to acquire any minutes, not even from the bench, against Everton, Tottenham and Leeds United respectively with him left out from the entire squad for the latter of the two games.
