Chelsea team news: Kepa Arrizabalaga could be recalled for Fulham clash
Willy Caballero started Wednesday's win over Tottenham after Kepa was disciplined for his refusal to be substituted in last week's Carabao Cup final
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Your support makes all the difference.Kepa Arrizabalaga could return in goal in place of Willy Caballero when Chelsea play Fulham on Sunday.
Caballero started Wednesday’s win over Tottenham after Kepa was disciplined for his refusal to be substituted in last week’s Carabao Cup final, and the pair will share goalkeeping duties in the Blues’ next two games.
Head coach Maurizio Sarri plans to rotate his squad after a challenging series of fixtures.
The 60-year-old Italian said: “The Kepa situation now is closed. Kepa is our first (choice) goalkeeper.
“But we are very happy for Willy, because now we know very well he’s able to play also in a very difficult match.
“I’m sure in one of the two next matches Kepa will be on the pitch.”
Sarri has no injuries to consider, but expects to rotate his options after a challenging week.
He added: “I think we need to change three or four players, I don’t know how many (precisely).
“On Sunday we played for 130 minutes and 95 minutes on Wednesday, so we need to value the recovery.
“We ran for 15 kilometres on Sunday on average, and the average of the last match was 12km.
“I need to value the recovery of every single player. Then we have to decide (the team).”
Provisional squad: Kepa, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante, Barkley, Higuain, Hazard, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Hudson-Odoi, Giroud, Zappacosta, Willian, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Emerson Palmieri, Ampadu, Hudson-Odoi, Cumming.
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