Chennaiyin FC sign defender Pritam Kotal on two-and-a-half-year deal
Chennaiyin FC have completed the signing of Indian international defender Pritam Kotal from Kerala Blasters FC on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
On Saturday, Thomas Tuchel confirmed that Romelu Lukaku will not be featured in Chelsea’s Premier League trip to Leicester, head coach.
A month ago the Chelsea striker injured his ankle during a Champions League game against Malmo. It was his 11th appearance of the season after he re-joined the club in the summer. Tuchel in a post-match press conference on Friday as per Chelsea’s official website said when asked about the availability of Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, and Mateo Kovacic, who were all missing prior to the pause for international football, “I can tell you Mateo and Romelu is out for the game in Leicester. Romelu is very close to team training, hopefully, he will join the squad on Sunday. Let’s see how this works out. He is pushing hard and trying to come back as soon as possible. We will try on Sunday.”
“Mateo will take more days until he is ready to join team training. He will miss some more matches.”
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“Timo is in team training since yesterday,” added Blues’ boss in better news. “Let’s see. We have another training. Then we will decide if it makes sense if he’s maybe in the squad or on the bench. We can only decide after his second training later.”
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By next week, Chelsea would be hoping to receive the services of Lukaku as they will face Juventus in Tuesday’s Champions League game and Manchester United in next weekend’s Premier League meeting.
(With inputs from ANI)
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