Edouard Mendy has been captured in Chelsea training ahead of the Nottingham Forest tie, despite concerns over his fitness.
The club cameras videoed the goalkeeper being put through his paces on the Cobham pitches via some pretty intense exercises.
Mendy weaved through cones, dived onto the floor and quickly sprung to his feet to collect another shot; drills expected to test the talents of a goalie.
They certainly weren’t manoeuvres tasked of a player who apparently has an injury to contend with.
Yesterday in his pre-match preview of the game against Forest, Graham Potter issued a rather worrying verdict on the Senegal international.
“Mendy we’re not sure, we’ll see how he is over the next few days. He has a problem with a bone that he picked up at the World Cup and needed a little bit of time,” explained the Chelsea manager.
Will Edouard Mendy miss Forest?
This statement rather contradicts what was being shown on the clip of the 30-year-old ‘keeper.
Of course, Mendy might have recognised the issue shortly after the workout and let Potter know before he faced the media.
But it certainly stirs up the question whether he will be available for the trip to Forest tomorrow or not.
Even if the ‘keeper does board the team bus, it is unlikely he’ll start the fixture.
Kepa Arrizabalaga returned between the sticks against Bournemouth on Tuesday, his first appearance since coming off injured away to Brighton in October.
His performance at Stamford Bridge ensured Chelsea kept their first clean sheet in eight attempts.
Potter is almost certain to hand Kepa the reigns again, a near inevitability grown even stronger by the apprehension about Mendy’s issues.
Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox
