Coming into this season, we hadn’t realised that Mateo Kovacic had picked up an injury towards the end of preseason.
When he wasn’t picked for the first game we assumed it was a coach’s decision, but it was later revealed to be an injury.
He’s still not back, although he trained in the open session yesterday, hinting that a return this weekend is possible.
He’s still not match fit however, as he revealed in an interview with the Chelsea official website. He noted that the session had been a lot tougher for him – with no minutes in his legs – than for his teammates who had played a few games already.
We reckon we’ll see him play as a sub against Leicester on Saturday, and then be in line for a start the week after that. It can’t come soon enough – the team has really missed his craft in midfield so far.
