In the international friendly preview we gave you yesterday, we told you that there were potentially five Chelsea youngsters that could be involved against the United States. Today we've found out that we can rule out a pair of those players, as Eden Hazard and Thinaut Courtois will definitely not be suiting up this evening.
Here's the info from one of our favorite Belgian footie folks:
Eden Hazard not fit, Courtois & Witsel not available for tonight vs USA.
— John Chapman (@BelgoFoot) May 29, 2013
Eden Hazard not fit, Courtois & Witsel not available for tonight vs USA.
— John Chapman (@BelgoFoot) May 29, 2013
Both of these were probably to be expected, as Eden Hazard has been struggling with an injury of late while La Liga still has games this coming weekend. That still leaves three Chelsea Belgians that could be involved though, in Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne, and Thorgan Hazard.