{"id":5178,"date":"2022-01-08T15:11:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/08\/thiago-silva-on-road-to-availability-for-carabao-cup-clash-against-tottenham\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T15:11:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:11:32","slug":"thiago-silva-on-road-to-availability-for-carabao-cup-clash-against-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/08\/thiago-silva-on-road-to-availability-for-carabao-cup-clash-against-tottenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago Silva on road to availability for Carabao Cup clash against Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Thiago Silva recovers with Tottenham over the horizon<\/h2>\n<p>Veteran Chelsea and Brazil center-back Thiago Silva look set to take part in first-team duties once again after his wife broke the news of his timely recovery.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsilva3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tsilva3<\/a> is NEGATIVE!! ???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/abkzTpaVjm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/abkzTpaVjm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Belle Silva (@bellesilva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bellesilva\/status\/1479850627278778374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Belle Silva took to Twitter to post a picture of the negative Covid-19 test taken by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/french-winger-makes-transfer-reversal-as-man-city-chelsea-set-miss-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> defender as the second-leg of their semi-final clash in the Carabao Cup against London rivals Tottenham looms.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Silva last featured in the 2-2 draw against J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on 2 January before testing positive for Covid, but his recovery could not come at a better time for boss Thomas Tuchel.<\/p>\n<p>Silva was one of four Chelsea defenders unavailable of late after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/chelsea\/news\/trevoh-chalobah-ruled-out-of-carabao-cup-clash-against-tottenham-hotspur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevoh Chalobah<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/1814912-chelsea-news-adorable-lauren-and-reece-james-photo-sends-fans-crazy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reece James<\/a> are ruled out with hamstring problems while Ben Chilwell continues his long-term absence from first-team duties due to a cruciate ligament injury.<\/p>\n<p>Though the Blues are currently locking horns with Chesterfield in the third round of the FA Cup, preparations to push for another cup final under Tuchel and a potential meeting with either Arsenal or Liverpool should mean that Silva will come back into the side for the second-leg.<\/p>\n<h2>Reece James injury may force Chelsea into the market<\/h2>\n<p>When first-choice left-back Ben Chilwell went down with a serious \u2013 and season-ending \u2013 injury, Thomas Tuchel was hardly pleased by the need to utilize Marcos Alonso far more regularly than planned.<\/p>\n<p>But now, first-choice right-back Reece James has joined his England teammate on the treatment table with a hamstring injury that looks set to strip Chelsea of their main man on the right side for up to two months.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1589039\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1589039\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1589039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350236450-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"Wife of Chelsea star confirms timely boost before Carabao Cup semi-final against Tottenham\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350236450-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350236450-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350236450-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350236450-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350236450-2048x1315.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350236450-910x584.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1589039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND \u2013 OCTOBER 30: Reece James of Chelsea celebrates scoring his sides opening goal with team mates during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Chelsea at St. James Park on October 30, 2021 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2022\/jan\/07\/thomas-tuchel-forced-into-transfer-market-by-reece-james-injury-at-chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to The Guardian<\/a>, this is sure to force Tuchel to dip into the market this month with only Spanish veteran C\u00e9sar Azpiliceuta the only true right-sided option the German tactician can turn to.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cIf we play in a back five it is Azpi who replaces Reece James. f we play a back four we may need a bit more of a defensive full-back \u2013 it is also Azpi. Maybe it is Trevoh Chalobah, but Trevoh is out with an injury. We are running out of options. If you talk about Christian Pulisic or Callum Hudson-Odoi, they can only play wing-back. It\u2019s not their preferred position and they cannot play full-back. You lose options not only in personnel but in tactics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will not comment on detail in the market. We check our options and it needs to make sense. If we had a full squad I would love to answer this question and say we need nothing. But we have the issue and that\u2019s why we look into it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Per the same Guardian article, Chelsea has been linked with interest in a number of defensive reinforcements in January, including Everton\u2019s Lucas Digne, Barcelona\u2019s Sergi\u00f1o Dest, and the possibility of ending Emerson\u2019s loan with Olympique Lyonnais early to cover the loss of Chilwell.<\/p>\n<p>But if Chelsea intend to track down Manchester City while trying to out-pace Liverpool as well as an emerging Arsenal under Mikel Arteta, reinforcements to the back line may well be required.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thiago Silva recovers with Tottenham over the horizon Veteran Chelsea and Brazil center-back Thiago Silva look set to take part in first-team duties once again after his wife broke the news of his timely recovery. @tsilva3 is NEGATIVE!! ???? pic.twitter.com\/abkzTpaVjm \u2014 Belle Silva (@bellesilva) January 8, 2022 Belle Silva took to Twitter to post a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-5178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}