Romeo Lavia is back? Yes, Romeo Lavia is back! The Chelsea midfielder, who appears in just about every single Team News article, due to how injury prone he’s been since he moved over from Southampton FC, is now fully fit.
Blues boss Enzo Maresca confirmed as much, just a few hours ago.
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“Romeo is back,” Maresca proclaimed earlier today.
“He is training with us and can be available for Sunday’s game… We are going to try the same thing we are trying with Reece (James) [and] try to manage him.”
So there you have it, Romeo Lavia is available for selection in the Southwest London derby, but he’ll be on a proverbial “pitch count,” so to speak.
And the same obviously goes for James, as Maresca clearly stated there.
Other than that, we don’t have too many more Chelsea team news updates ahead of this local derby.
Marc Guiu, Wesley Fofana and Omari Kellyman all remain out injured while Mykhailo Murdryk remains suspended.
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