Frank Lampard is glad to welcome back Chelsea’s star speedster, however, he might have to wait for the starting XI.
Lampard was delighted to announce that Christian Pulisic is “back in contention” for Chelsea derby clash against Tottenham. However, it will still be a matter of investigation when it comes to starting the game. And evidently, the USMNT star has not featured for the Blues since October 28, a Champions League clash with Krasnodar.
Along with the excitement to play for Chelsea, Pulisic has suffered from fitness setbacks over the last season. In fact, the 22-year-old has only played five matches across all competitions and 175 minutes of the Premier League. But now it seems that Christian might be ready for action again after his latest hamstring problem.
Back in contention.
Most certainly, Lampard would want Pulisic to contribute to the crucial derby against the north London side this weekend. He told the reporters: “Christian Pulisic is back into contention, Kai Havertz had some minutes the other day [against Rennes] so now it’s more just checking on his potential for full match fitness, but we’re in pretty good shape.”
However, according to Lampard, it will take some time for the US international to get back to the starting XI. The Chelsea boss added: “He is fit but ready to start is a question mark. Because it’s hard to gauge match fitness during coronavirus. In the training times, as they are, it’s very hard to recreate match play because the rest of the players are playing every three days. And we didn’t have any academy players to mix bubbles.
“For every player, not just Christian Pulisic, coming back to fitness it is more difficult at the moment. To get them ready to start games. We’ll see.”
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