Chelsea have received a welcome boost ahead of their Premier League clash with Brentford, with both Romeo Lavia and Benoit Badiashile pictured back in first-team training.

Lavia has been sidelined with a muscle problem since Chelsea’s Club World Cup victory over Benfica back in June, the latest in a long list of injuries for the 21-year-old midfielder.

The Belgium international, of course, sat out the entirety of the 2023/24 campaign after sustaining a serious hamstring injury in a nightmare debut against Crystal Palace.

Badiashile is also yet to see a single minute of action this term due to an undisclosed niggle, but it appears both players are gradually closing in on their respective comebacks.

Like Lavia, Badiashile last featured for the Blues in their 4-1 defeat of Benfica in the

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