Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed that midfielder Conor Gallagher has not trained with the team for the last three days due to illness.
Chelsea are set to host Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Monday.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of the game, Pochettino provided an injury update on the squad, saying (via Football London):
“So far, no [is coming back]. Same situation as last week and you all know now that we added the list of injury players, Levi [Colwill] and Chilly [Ben Chilwell].
“Gallagher is not training because he has a virus. That is the news from the medical.”
“He is not here in the last three days we were training. We will see tomorrow or Saturday if he can have the possibility to train.”