Liam Rosenior provided an update on a number of his players ahead of his first Champions League game in charge of Chelsea, when speaking to the media on Tuesday afternoon.

The Blues welcome Cypriot side Pafos to Stamford Bridge tomorrow evening and will look to secure an important three points as we bid to reach the knockout stage of Europe’s premier club competition.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Rosenior confirmed that Jamie Gittens, Malo Gusto and Estevao Willian have all returned to training after overcoming illness and injury, but that Enzo Fernandez is the latest player to suffer with the virus that has impacted the squad.


'Enzo Fernandez was ill yesterday – he missed training – and there were signs of it during the game against Brentford, which goes to show the type of performance that he put in,' the Blues head coach explained.

'Fortunately, Estevao has been back in training. Jamie Gittens is back in. Malo Gusto is back involved, which is great, as he's another outstanding player.

'There are a few coughs but the players are working really, really hard. It's not just at this club – many clubs at this time of year, you're going to get that. So, it's about making sure the players are right for the game tomorrow.


'Enzo trained today, but none of those lads [who've been ill] are 100 per cent, it's a bad illness. We'll made a decision on Enzo tomorrow and what he looks like in terms of starting or from the bench.'

One player who will certainly miss the game tomorrow is Tosin Adarabioyo, after Rosenior confirmed that the defender has suffered a hamstring injury in our weekend win over Brentford.

Our head coach ruled the former Fulham man out of tomorrow night’s fixture but didn’t confirm how long Tosin would be sidelined for, just stating that he will be missing for a ‘few weeks’.


‘Tosin won’t be available for this game,’ Rosenior added.

‘Unfortunately for Tosin he felt something in his hamstring, which is going to rule him out for the next few weeks. I can’t be anymore precise than that at this moment in terms of any timelines.’