Thomas Tuchel says deadline day signings Denis Zakaria and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are in contention to make their Chelsea debuts against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday evening – but there is no Thiago Silva in the travelling squad as the Brazilian has been allowed to skip the match and undertake recovery work at Cobham.
The Blues begin their Champions League campaign in Croatia and will be confident of starting the group stage with a victory. They have been aided in that pursuit by the additions of Zakaria and Aubameyang, who arrived in the final hours of the summer transfer window from Juventus and Barcelona respectively.
Neither were able to feature in the weekend win over West Ham United but Tuchel has confirmed the duo are ready to make their first Chelsea outings tomorrow evening in Zagreb. Silva, however, will be absent as he has been given a rare break in what will be a relentless September.
