Chelsea handed five-man injury boost as Xabi Alonso confirms returnees for Bournemouth clash

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Smith, D. (2026, October 9). Chelsea handed five-man injury boost as Xabi Alonso confirms returnees for Bournemouth clash. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/cheklsea-fc-injury-latest-caicedo-james-joao-pedro-b1300144.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-09 · by Dom Smith

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Chelsea, under Xabi Alonso, are set to host Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 3pm BST. After a three-week break due to the international fixture period, Chelsea have received positive news as five players previously out with injuries — Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro, Moises Caicedo, Reece James, and Marco Palestra — are now fit for selection. However, Jamie Gittens is unavailable after picking up an ankle injury while playing for the England Under-21s against Kazakhstan and will be out for several weeks.

Alonso mentioned that although Palmer, Joao Pedro, Caicedo, and Palestra were ready to play, Reece James was left out due to a minor training injury sustained on Friday. The predicted lineup for Chelsea is: Martinez; Fofana, Lacroix, Colwill; Palestra, James (sub), Caicedo, Hato; Rogers, Palmer; Joao Pedro. Bournemouth face the match without Alex Scott, Justin Kluivert, or Eli Junior Kroupi, complicating their lineup further.

Meanwhile, Chelsea's sporting director Laurence Stewart is set to leave after four years, and his responsibilities will be taken over by other members of the leadership team.

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Palmer and Joao Pedro both missed international duty for England and Brazil respectively but were pictured at Cobham on Thursday, and Standard Sport revealed last month that Joao Pedro was seeing a specialist in London as he worked on his recovery from the knee injury that kept him out of that Brentford match.

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🔮 Chelsea’s first match back, at Stamford Bridge against the Cherries, will be the first time Alonso’s side have played in 22 days since the 3-0 defeat away to Brentford.

2026-10-09 · Evening Standard

Chelsea handed five-man injury boost as Xabi Alonso confirms returnees for Bournemouth clash · assertive framing

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Chelsea’s first match back, at Stamford Bridge against the Cherries, will be the first time Alonso’s side have played in 22 days since the 3-0 defeat away to Brentford. asserted

side → play → Brentford

that → miss → match

Speaking ahead of the Bournemouth clash, the Spaniard confirmed that Joao Pedro, Palmer, Caicedo, James and full-back Marco Palestra have all returned to training and are “ready to go.” asserted

Pedro → speak → training

He continued: “We have [spent time on] the recovery of some players. asserted

We → continue → players

(Caicedo) is ready to go. asserted

Caicedo → go → ?

We have the used the time to be back fit. asserted

We → use → time

He is okay to go. asserted

He → go → ?

(Palmer has) trained the last week, he has felt better. asserted

he → train → ?

We didn’t want to rush. asserted

We → want → ?

“What is most important for Cole is that he is fully fit, enjoying his game and is OK. asserted

he → enjoy → game

Against Brentford we could see he was struggling. uncertain

he → see → Brentford

"We didn't want to take risks against Brentford, but we did against Brighton and I said [that was a mistake].” asserted

that → want → Brighton

The Blues’ boss added he believes the international break came at a fortuitous time for Chelsea as they dealt with a burgeoning injury crisis. asserted

they → add → crisis

More follows... asserted

More → follow → ?

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