Graham Potter has revealed that N'Golo Kante and Christian Pulisic will be more integrated into Chelsea training next week having had a small role with the first team in the build up to Tottenham. The duo remain unavailable alongside Cesar Azpilicueta, who suffered a concussion against Southampton.
The Chelsea captain went to hospital following the incident but was released earlier this week and even watched Chelsea training at Cobham. The veteran star is now set to undergo a number of protocols before he is allowed to take back to the training pitch.
Potter saw the return of a number of stars who missed the defeat to Southampton as he looked to manage their load. The likes of Reece James, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella, Hakim Ziyech and Ruben Loftus-Cheek all missed out on the squad for the Stamford Bridge match but appear fit enough to return for the London derby.
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Potter said in his press conference: "He's [Azpilicueta] as ok as can be when you've had that concussion. He won't be ready for the weekend as we have to go through the protocols, but he's doing well.
"We've had a good week's training, everyone is available pretty much apart from N'Golo [Kante] and Christian Pulsiic. They are making progress, joining the warm-ups, and they will be more integrated next week. So that is good."
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