Ben Chilwell and Callum Hudson-Odoi have both returned to Chelsea's pre-season training early as they look to put their injury problems of 2021-22 behind them, football.london understands.
The duo spent extended periods on the sidelines, with Chilwell only playing a total of seven Premier League games for the Blues last term before suffering a cruciate ligament injury against Juventus in December, although he still scored three goals in that time. Hudson-Odoi missed nearly the entire second half of the season with an achilles problem.
Chelsea were well in the race for the Premier League title until injuries to the duo as well as Reece James saw their form take a dip at the start of 2022. Thomas Tuchel did see Chilwell return in the Blues' final game of the Premier League season, however, as he came off the bench against Watford at Stamford Bridge, something the German admitted did have him worried.
