Just In: Tammy Abraham, Kepa Arrizabalaga Named in Chelsea Squad Available for FA Cup Final vs Leicester

Just In: Tammy Abraham, Kepa Arrizabalaga Named in Chelsea Squad Available for FA Cup Final vs Leicester

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:43 PM
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- Chelsea vs Leicester City FA Cup final showdown will hold at the Wembley Stadium on May 15

- N’Golo Kante who missed the Blues’ 1-0 loss to Arsenal in the Premier League is billed to return

- Tammy Abraham, Timo Werner and Olivier Giroud are all available for selection

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Chelsea and Leicester City will go head-to-head in the 2020/2021 FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday, May 15 and Blues boss Thomas Tuchel is already hoping to grab his first trophy for the club.

The Stamford Bridge outfit are gunning for the ninth FA Cup title in a showdown billed to kick-off at 5.15pm.

Chelsea last won the title in 2018 having defeated rivals Manchester United 1-0 in the final and they will need to bounce back from their 1-0 loss to Arsenal in the league.

Loss to the Gunners saw the club denied the chance to move above the Foxes on the Premier League standings, meaning they go into the encounter with Chelsea in 4th position – one place below Leicester.

Kante, meanwhile, will return after missing the clash with Arsenal to hand him the chance to earn a rest and get some treatment on his right Achilles. Tuchel said:

"If you have a goalkeeper for this competition, as we have had with Kepa, you don't change in the final.
"He is a part of the group, he brought us to the final so he deserves to play the final."

Full Chelsea squad available to face Leicester via Football.London:

Goalkeepers: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Willy Caballero & Edouard Mendy.

Defenders: Reece James, Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen, Thiago Silva, Kurt Zouma, Valentino Livramento, Ben Chilwell, Marcos Alonso & Emerson.

Just In: Tammy Abraham, Kepa Arrizabalaga Named in Chelsea Squad Available for FA Cup Final vs Leicester
Chelsea vs Leicester to hold at Wembley. Photo: Adrian Dennis
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Midfielders: Callum Hudson-Odoi, Hakim Ziyech, Christian Pulisic, N'Golo Kante, Mateo Kovacic, Billy Gilmour, Mason Mount, Kai Havertz, Faustino Anjorin & Jorginho.

Strikers: Tammy Abraham, Timo Werner & Olivier Giroud.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Thomas Tuchel will be having £150million handed to him by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to make quality summer signings.

The German gaffer made an instant impact since he took over from Frank Lampard in January, leading the Blues into the Champions League and FA Cup finals.

Despite spending £253m on the likes of Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Edouard Mendy and Hakim Ziyech the west London club want more quality players to challenge for the title.

Tuchel will now be given funds to improve particular areas of his squad for next season.

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Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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