Rosenior says injured Chelsea man “trained fully” – but won’t play tonight and could be sold in the summer | OneFootball

The first team picture at Chelsea is pretty rosy right now in terms of injuries – it’s just the usual suspects Dario Essugo and Romeo Lavia who are out.

But there are players on the verge of a return, as we learned earlier this week from Liam Rosenior. One player who has been out for a while but is almost back is Tosin Adarabioyo.

Tosin close to a return according to Rosenior

Tosin talking on the training pitch

“Tosin trained fully for the first time on Wednesday, so this game might come a little bit too soon, but we’ll make that judgment with the medical team,” Rosenior said in Thursday’s press conference.

Clearly just a couple of days training isn’t enough for the defender to feature tomorrow, and we wouldn’t expect him to anyway. Mamadou Sarr returned from his loan at Strasbourg in January and we think he gets his first start of the season as a Blue tonight.

To us, Tosin’s future is now very much in question. Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Levi Colwill and Sarr will all be ahead of him in the pecking order come the summer. Plus there’s Josh Acheampong to think about. Both Tosin and Benoit Badiashile will be battling for the 6th spot in the rotation, and the loser of that battle seems likely to be sold.

In other news…

Chelsea’s game tonight gives a perfect chance for the manager to play some youngsters – the question is, will he take it?

Liam Rosenior has a big connection with tonight’s opponents – not only did he manage them and play for them, he also used to spend a lot of time there as a kid, because his grandmother lived locally. It’s going to be a special evening for him.