Wesley Fofana trained with Chelsea today, and in fact his signing was only announced after that session.
That shows the hurry to get him fit and integrated into Thomas Tuchel’s team for the season ahead. There was no time to be wasted in getting a Blue shirt on him and getting him with his new teammates.
It certainly puts him in line to start this weekend. With Ruben Loftus-Cheek now injured, we expect Reece James at right wing back, with Fofana making up a back three with Thiago Silva and Kalidou Koulibaly.
He has until Saturday to get settled, after our match against West Ham was brought forward from the Sunday, and that should be enough time to get him ready.
Perhaps Thomas Tuchel would have been more reluctant to bring him in right away had results been better, but instead there looks a desperate need for fresh motivation in the group.
