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Chelsea manager Lampard confirms Havertz & Chilwell boost, but Thiago Silva...

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard believes Kai Havertz and Ben Chilwell will be available to face Newcastle United on Saturday.

But the Englishman added that Thiago Silva will miss the trip to Tyneside after international duty with Brazil.

"Kai Havertz is back. His isolation is over and he tested negative two days ago so he's just started training on his own to get some of his fitness back after two weeks at home. Thiago Silva has just landed and messaged me this afternoon so he probably won't be going to Newcastle because of the length of his journey and timings.

"With Ben Chilwell, I haven't seen him yet. He stayed with England and was on the bench last night. He's been improving and getting fantastic care with England so I'm more positive he'll be okay.

"We're still waiting on some test results for players arriving back from international duty. Some of them played last night and will unfortunately not arrive back until this afternoon so with a 12.30 kick-off on a Saturday there are clearly a lot of challenges for us."

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