Chelsea injury news: Xabi Alonso provides Moises Caicedo, Marco Palestra update ahead of Hull City fixture

Xabi Alonso has revealed that Moises Caicedo remains unavailable for Chelsea's Premier League crippled against Hull City.

The Blues caput into Saturday's fixture astatine Stamford Bridge sitting down the Tigers successful the Premier League table.

However, Chelsea person scored 16 goals crossed 5 matches with Alonso astatine the helm, albeit inactive conceding 10 times.

Caicedo being constricted to 14 minutes of enactment owed to wounded has contributed to the West Londoners looking susceptible successful antiaircraft areas.

Although determination had been anticipation that the Ecuador planetary could instrumentality to enactment this weekend, Alonso has ruled retired that possibility.

Alonso provides Chelsea wounded update

Speaking astatine a property league connected Friday, the Spaniard hinted that the midfielder whitethorn beryllium successful a presumption to instrumentality versus Brentford adjacent Friday.

He told reporters: "Let's spot for Brentford, but it's not the infinitesimal to instrumentality the hazard with him. Not yet."

Meanwhile, Alonso revealed that Marco Palestra would besides stay sidelined for the penultimate crippled earlier the planetary break.

Jordan Henderson and Emmanuel Emegha articulation Caicedo and Palestra successful remaining retired of action.

Do Chelsea person immoderate different wounded issues?

Romeo Lavia was not named successful the squad for the 6-3 triumph implicit Leeds United successful the EFL Cup 3rd circular connected Wednesday night.

Nevertheless, it was much a lawsuit of Alonso managing the minutes of the Belgian, alternatively than immoderate circumstantial issue.

Lavia had antecedently racked up 215 minutes crossed Chelsea's archetypal 4 games of the play successful each competitions.

Jorrel Hato and Joao Pedro besides got a remainder successful midweek having remained arsenic unused substitutes.