Thomas Tuchel has refused to respond to David Moyes after the West Ham boss accused Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy of faking an injury.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang did not make an appearance for the Blues over the weekend but he could make his debut on Tuesday night against Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League group stages.
The striker joined Chelsea on deadline day for around £10m from FC Barcelona but he has to cope with a broken jaw that was suffered during a home invasion.
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The Gabon striker had a custom-made mask fitted by specialists in Italy, and trained fully with Chelsea on Sunday.
Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic will be filled with pride to go up against his first and home club on Tuesday, but also hopes to see Aubameyang flourish in Chelsea blue.
“I can say he will be a big addition to us,” said Kovacic. “He’s a proper striker, a goalscorer, which we have missed.
“In the last years we haven’t had a 20, 25-goal striker that you need to win the title. So we’re looking forward to having him in our squad.
“He’s a proven goalscorer. It’s normal for him to score goals and I hope he will do it here at Chelsea also.”
Aubameyang might have to wear a protective face covering in Croatia, but the forward is no stranger to masks of a different kind.
The Marvel fan has celebrated goals at both Dortmund and Arsenal by donning superhero masks, including Spiderman and Black Panther.
Aubameyang has previously explained how he started the celebration routine to make both his son and other young football fans happy.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel laughed off the mask link, but admitted he will be happy for Aubameyang to celebrate however he likes – just as long as he scores.
“Don’t put any ideas into Auba’s head please,” joked Tuchel. “Not any further ideas anyway! I’m pretty sure he has his own ones. When he scores he can celebrate, but first of all he needs to score.
“He’s very ambitious, focused, hungry to play for us, hungry to prove a point, still. That’s why he’s here and that’s why he plays for us. So we’re happy for him to prove a point tomorrow.
“Auba trained on Sunday with his mask and had a test and felt fine. There were no issues yesterday when he trained and I hope there will not be today.
“If an issue were to come up we would not put him in of course. I think he could maybe start, but I think he…
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