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Kwame Boakye

Full Chelsea squad revealed ahead of Lille clash with key duo facing late fitness tests

Chelsea have the opportunity to seal their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League when they travel to Lille on Wednesday. The Blues hold a two-goal advantage after goals from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic sealed a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge in February.

Despite their well documented problems off the pitch, Thomas Tuchel’s side have been in fine recent form; winning their last five Premier League games, and will head to Stade Pierre-Mauroy in confident mood.

There has been much debate regarding how the sanctions imposed on club owner Roman Abramovich by the UK government will affect their trip to France and Tuchel will certainly be hopeful that despite the uncertainty that surrounds Chelsea at present, his players will give the perfect response on the pitch.

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Meanwhile, French champions Lille are unbeaten in their last five Ligue 1 games, winning three and drawing two. They’ve also yet to concede a goal since their 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge last month.

With all that said, football.london takes a look at the full squad Tuchel has to select from.

Goalkeepers

Edouard Mendy, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Marcus Bettinelli.

Defenders

Cesar Azpilicueta, Reece James (late fitness test), Thiago Silva, Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen, Malang Sarr, Trevoh Chalobah, Marcos Alonso, Kenedy.

Midfielders

N'Golo Kante, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mason Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi (late fitness test), Christian Pulisic, Kenedy, Vale.

Forwards

Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, Kai Havertz.

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