Chelsea are back in Premier League action on Saturday afternoon with Leicester City the visitors to Stamford Bridge for a 3pm kick-off. There is an underlying storyline to the clash, with Leicester's Wesley Fofana set to join Chelsea before deadline day and being left out of the Foxes squad for today's game.
The two clubs have finally agreed a deal for the transfer to go through, after the Blues had initially had three bids rejected. The deal is worth an outright £70million with add-ons to take the final total past the world-record fee Manchester United paid for a defender when signing Harry Maguire.
On the pitch though and Chelsea will be looking to get back to winning ways after a disastrous 3-0 reverse against Leeds United last time out. Edouard Mendy's horrific error set the ball rolling for what was an awful afternoon in Yorkshire last weekend.
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Leicester have had a tough time of it themselves, taking just one point from their opening three games, letting a two-goal lead slip to draw with Brentford and letting a 1-0 lead slip at home to Southampton to lose 2-1. A defeat to table toppers Arsenal was sandwiched in between those two.
Manager Thomas Tuchel will not be on the touchline for the clash in west London today, with the FA rejecting his appeal against a ban for his altercation with counterpart Antonio Conte at the end of the clash with Tottenham. But what of his side on the pitch?
He will have plenty of big decisions to make ahead of naming his starting lineup, namely in defence where Kalidou Koulibaly will be missing after his red card against Leeds. But if social media is anything to go by, four players look set to start the contest and it is hardly a surprise.
Both Thiago Silva and Raheem Sterling have posted matchday graphics on their Instagram Stories with 'Chelsea vs Leicester' captions suggesting they are, if not in the starting lineup, then in the squad. That is to be expected, with both playing active roles already this season.
Then Chelsea posted a graphic on their Twitter page this morning with the acronym KTBFFH within. That refers to Keep The Blue Flag Flying High and the two players used in the graphic, mocked up to make it look as if they are high-fiving, are Reece James and Kai Havertz - again two players you would expect to start.
It is elsewhere on the pitch where things might not be so easy for Tuchel with questions over the central defensive positions and in the midfield with Mateo Kovacic back in the frame.
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