Daily Mail
Romelu Lukaku, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Andreas Christensen have returned to Chelsea training in a boost for Thomas Tuchel’s side ahead of their Boxing Day clash with Aston Villa.
Both Lukaku and Hudson-Odoi missed Chelsea’s draws against Everton and Wolves after testing positive for Covid-19.
Christensen also missed the game at the Molineux due to a back injury.
All three men have been pictured back in training on Thursday, with the club confirming that Lukaku and Hudson-Odoi have now tested negative for coronavirus.
It comes as positive news for Chelsea who have been affected by Covid-related absences and injuries in recent games.
Chelsea have dropped six points behind league leaders Manchester City during this this time.
Lukaku and Hudson-Odoi had tested positive for the virus ahead of their clash with Everton, along with Timo Werner and the injured Ben Chilwell.
Chelsea then asked for the game against Wolves to be called off after Jorginho, Kai Havertz and Ruben Loftus-Cheek then went into isolation.
Tuchel was angry that the game was not called off as he said: ‘We were putting the health and safety of players…
