22-man Chelsea squad arrive in France as 5 senior stars miss the trip

Chelsea football club has this evening(Tuesday) landed in France ahead of their Champions League round of 16 second leg game against Lille.

The Champions League reigning champions are the favorite side to progress to the next round having beaten the French reigning champions 2-0 in the first leg at Stamford Bridge. And ahead of the game on Wednesday night, a 22-man Blues squad has landed in France with 5 senior stars missing out on the traveling squad for the game.

Azpilicueta returned to training this afternoon.

Below is the full 22-man traveling squad for tomorrow’s Champions League clash.

Edouard Mendy

Kepa Arrizabalaga

Antonio Rudiger

Marco’s Alonso

Andreas Christensen

Jorginho

Thiago Silva

N’Golo Kante

Mateo Kovacic

Romelu Lukaku

Christian Pulisic

Timo Werner

Trevoh Chalobah

Mason Mount

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Marcus Bettinelli

Hakim Ziyech

Kenedy

Cesar Azpilicueta

Kai Havertz

Malang Sarr

Harvey Vale.

Source: Chelsea FC.

Marcus Alonso and Azpilicueta joined the squad after returning to training this afternoon. But the likes of Saul, Barkley, Reece James, Ben Chilwell, and Hudson-Odoi did not make the squad.