Southampton hit with fresh injury blow ahead of visit to Chelsea in the Premier League

Southampton will hope to start their climb in the Premier League table when they visit Chelsea this weekend- but they will have to make a late call on Che Adams who is a huge doubt for the game in London this weekend.

The Saints come to Stamford Bridge with interim boss Ruben Selles as the manager following the sacking of Nathan Jones.

The final nail in the coffin for Jones was when his team allowed a 10-man Wolves side to come back from a goal down and win over the weekend.

Ruben Selles who has been tasked to lead the team now has admitted he is eyeing the job on a full-time basis after talks with Jesse Marsch to take up the role crashed at the last minute.

The interim-manager says the team is in good spirits ahead of the visit to London even though striker Che Adams is racing against time to be ready.

Selles told reporters ahead of the game: “We have the injury of Juan Larios and then of Tino Livramento.

“These are long term injuries. A couple of boys that didn’t train at the beginning of the week but have trained at the end.

“Che Adams is a doubt for tomorrow but that’s it. We have a large squad to pick from and we will be ready to go with everything.”

The Saint have lost nine of their last 10 games while Chelsea have only won one league game since Bonfire night so both will have a lot riding on the game.