{"id":497501,"date":"2026-03-01T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/497501\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:49:08","slug":"latest-chelsea-fitness-news-potential-injury-return-dates-ahead-of-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/497501\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Chelsea fitness news &#038; potential injury return dates ahead of Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4s\">The Chelsea team news has been confirmed ahead of their Premier League clash against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4v\">Liam Rosenior&#8217;s side have had another full week to prepare for the trip to the Emirates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/soccer\/chelsea\/match-coverage\/chelsea-player-ratings-vs-burnley-blues-pay-for-disciplinary-issues-once-again-01kj0gtcbj14\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following their 1-1 draw against Burnley<\/a>, who inflicted frustration on the Blues at Stamford Bridge last weekend to ensure Chelsea drew back-to-back league games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/soccer\/chelsea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> will be desperate to get back to winning ways to get their Champions League qualification bid back on course, whilst also damaging Arsenal&#8217;s title hopes should they take at least a point from north London. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"51\">But Rosenior is dealing with several fitness issues as he deliberates over his selection to face Mikel Arteta&#8217;s Gunners.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"54\">Chelsea continue to be without Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Dario Essugo, Jamie Gittens and Estevao. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_0,h_0\/c_fill,w_16,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/voltaxMediaLibrary\/mmsport\/absolute_chelsea_on_si\/01kjmh3p6grzj8tqx2re.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Cucurella, Chelsea\" title=\"Marc Cucurella, Chelsea\" width=\"0\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"5e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>IMAGO \/ Every Second Media<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">In positive news, club captain Reece James is set to be available after his precautionary withdrawal against Burnley. Romeo Lavia is continuing to step up his return after his inclusion on the bench last weekend. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">&#8220;Reece is absolutely fine,&#8221; confirmed Rosenior. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">&#8220;Romeo Lavia is getting stronger and stronger. We have a mini-practice match in a week where he looked really good, which is great for him. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">&#8220;Unfortunately, Estevao will be out for a little bit longer. And Jamie is progressing really, really well in terms of his rehab.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_0,h_0\/c_fill,w_16,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/voltaxMediaLibrary\/mmsport\/absolute_chelsea_on_si\/01kjmh29nfc23fs1p62g.jpg\" alt=\"Estevao Willian, Chelsea\" title=\"Estevao Willian, Chelsea\" width=\"0\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"61\"\/><\/p>\n<p>IMAGO \/ APL<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">&#8220;Cucu is progressing really, really well. He is not available for Sunday, but hopefully we get him back in as quickly as possible. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">&#8220;Levi is doing really, really well with his long-term rehab. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">&#8220;At the moment, Dario is back on the training pitch as well which is good. Hopefully, we can get all of these players back in fit for the run-in of the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">In terms of Arsenal team news, Arteta confirmed late decisions will be made on Ben White and Kai Havertz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chelsea team news has been confirmed ahead of their Premier League clash against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-497501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}