'Not related to previous injury': Pochettino gives Nkunku fitness update

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'Not related to previous injury': Pochettino gives Nkunku fitness update

"[Chelsea are going to] have the same squad tomorrow. Nothing new," Mauricio Pochettino said when asked to give a team news update ahead of the Middlesbrough game.

It means that Ben Chilwell, Benoit Badiashile and Carney Chukwuemeka are not going to be available on Tuesday.

The Argentine was asked about Christopher Nkunku, who sustained an injury last week.

"He’s not available for tomorrow. We have to be cautious," Poch said, as quoted by Fabrizio Romano. "Hope it's not a long period. He is not training, he is recovering. It's not a big issue.

"It's not related to the previous injury, it's a different problem. Small issue in a hip."

Robert Sanchez is recovering but is some way off returning to availability, the Chelsea manager added. He said: "We saw him, he came from a scan. We need to see the doctors and assess. Today we will have a clear idea.

"No, no, no [surgery]. It's the pace of the evolution and how he can improve from doing treatment to starting on the pitch."

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