THE BLUES remain unsure whether Thomas Tuchel will be able to travel to Abu Dhabi for any part of the Blues’ Club World Cup campaign after testing positive for Covid-19.

Assistant coach Arno Michels admitted the club must wait to see on Tuchel’s situation, after the head coach missed Saturday’s 2-1 FA Cup win over Plymouth.

The Blues saw off Argyle only after extra-time, with Kepa Arrizabalaga saving Ryan Hardie’s last-gasp penalty to stop the tie going to a shoot-out.

Chelsea will jet out to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday night without the German, with their Club World Cup semi-final set for Wednesday.

“First of all we do not exactly know right now what the situation is with Thomas, when he will be back,” said Michels.

“He has to follow the Government rules, and is in self-isolation. So we are looking forward for the next days. We were in ongoing communication with Thomas during the match.

“He knows about the game of course, and we stayed in touch with him the whole game. Everything was clear what we wanted to do. We stayed in touch the whole time and all was good.”

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