Chelsea boss Graham Potter confirms triple boost ahead of Dortmund with £70 million star returning

Chelsea manager Graham Potter will hope to have better luck in Europe than he’s had recently in the Premier League.
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Chelsea boss Graham Potter has revealed his team is almost at full strength for this evening’s tie against Dortmund in the Champions League.

The Blues go into the game with pressure mounting on Potter after another draw in the league, this time against West Ham United- even though there were signs of the team finally bonding, especially in the first half of the game.

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They are still 10 points behind fourth placed Newcastle United on the league table, so winning the Champions League could be another realistic way of getting back to the competition next season and they have done it before, but they have to first get passed Dortmund first if they are to win it again.

Asked if he’s had any luck recently with some of the injured players, Chelsea boss Graham Potter confirmed he had brought three previously injured stars along to Germany including Kovacic, Zakaria and Fofana, all have been a massive miss to the team.

He told reporters: “All three are in the squad, so that is good. As I said before the previous game, they are getting closer to minutes but the challenge for us is to build them up so they are right from a game time perspective.

“But it’s nice Wesley, Mateo and Denis are with the group.”

One player who did not travel was Raheem Sterling with the England international staying back to continue treatment on his knee injury he picked up in training.