{"id":292546,"date":"2023-09-15T13:34:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T13:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292546"},"modified":"2023-09-15T13:34:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T13:34:37","slug":"pochettino-says-chelsea-will-have-14-or-15-players-for-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/pochettino-says-chelsea-will-have-14-or-15-players-for-bournemouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino says Chelsea will have &apos;14 or 15&apos; players for Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mauricio Pochettino reveals Chelsea will only have 14 or 15 players to take on Bournemouth, despite Todd Boehly spending another \u00a3400m this summer<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mauricio Pochettino said Chelsea&#8217;s squad is &#8216;very short&#8217; for Bournemouth clash<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He said that Romeo Lavia&#8217;s ankle injury is &#8216;sad&#8217; after he trained well in the week\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Watch: It&#8217;s All Coming Up: Mail Sport&#8217;s preview podcast for the weekend ahead<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino\u00a0has revealed he only has &#8217;14 or 15&#8242; players to choose from when Chelsea travel to Bournemouth on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite spending another \u00a3400million in the summer, Todd Boehly&#8217;s expensive squad has crumbled under the weight of injury problems in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino has as several first-team stars unavailable for the trip to the south coast and has a threadbare squad to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues were beaten by Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge in the last appearance and will be desperate to return to winning ways as they eye a return to European football.<\/p>\n<p>But Pochettino conceded he has limited options to take on Andoni Iraola&#8217;s side with so many stars unavailable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/13\/75471579-0-image-m-5_1694780074116.jpg\" height=\"513\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea will only have &#8217;14 or 15&#8242; fit players to face Bournemouth\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Friday, the former Tottenham boss said: &#8216;With the circumstances, of course, I think it is better for us because we have 11 or 12 players injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I think it shows with the squad at the moment. I think we only have 14 or 15 players. I think it&#8217;s important that we can recover the players and be competitive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Of course with the history of Chelsea, we need to be involved in European competition but that is not in my hands now, that is the reality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In our hands now is to work and to try and be in there next season. For sure we are going to be in European competition next season.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Nkunku, Wesley Fofana, Armando Broja, Reece James, Romeo Lavia and Benoit Badiashile are among the high-profile absentees.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino did reveal that James, who suffered an injury against Liverpool on the opening day of the season, is nearing a return.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/13\/75471629-0-image-a-6_1694780147640.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Romeo Lavia is one of those first-team stars unavailable for the trip to Bournemouth this week\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0&#8216;He\u2019s recovering well. I cannot say if he is close or not because we assess him every single day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has started doing things on the pitch with the ball. He is doing really well, he is desperate to come back and help the team. I hope that he\u2019s close and can be available before the next international break.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One positive for Pochettino is Enzo Fernandez is ready to start on Sunday, despite a length return journey from South America after representing Argentina in World Cup qualifying.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino added: &#8216;Today, he&#8217;s good. He&#8217;s in a good mood, has a good energy. He scored against Bolivia. Yes, I think he&#8217;s in a very good mood and I think he is ready.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12522737\/Mauricio-Pochettino-says-Chelsea-14-15-fit-players-weekends-trip-Bournemouth-Blues-boss-speaks-sad-situation-Romeo-Lavia-injury-fitness-problems-piling-up.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino reveals Chelsea will only have 14 or 15 players to take on Bournemouth, despite Todd Boehly spending another <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pochettino says Chelsea will have &amp;apos;14 or 15&amp;apos; 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