Chelsea injury news: Danny Welbeck update as Xabi Alonso reveals whether forward is in contention for Fulham game

Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso has suggested that Danny Welbeck should beryllium disposable to look Fulham connected Monday night.

Welbeck has been restricted to conscionable 2 appearances during pre-season, a effect of his transportation from Brighton & Hove Albion being finalised and a caller wounded issue.

That kept the seasoned guardant retired of contention for the last affable against Real Sociedad past Saturday.

However, speaking astatine a property league connected Thursday, Alonso hinted that the 35-year-old could play a portion of the Premier League brushwood astatine Craven Cottage.

Alonso provides Welbeck wounded update

Addressing reporters, the Spaniard said: "He tin beryllium involved. He conscionable needs a mates of days not grooming that overmuch due to the fact that of a small thing.

"But we are expecting him to beryllium backmost connected Saturday. We request to spell time by day, but that's the program astatine the moment."

Welbeck has accumulated 103 minutes of enactment crossed pre-season, with his past outing coming versus AC Milan connected August 8.

Will Alonso hazard Welbeck fittingness against Fulham?

With Chelsea already missing Emmanuel Emegha for the Fulham crippled and the likes of Nicolas Jackson and Liam Delap training distant from the main group, determination volition beryllium the temptation to usage Welbeck.

At most, the erstwhile England planetary volition lone beryllium named connected the substitutes' bench, but Alonso besides needs to instrumentality Chelsea's docket into consideration.

He volition people privation to rotate for Thursday's EFL Cup 2nd circular necktie versus Luton Town, which comes 3 days aft the Fulham crippled but 3 days up of a showdown with Brighton.

At the aforesaid media briefing, Alonso revealed whether Enzo Fernandez would diagnostic successful his squad for the West London derby.