Hakim Ziyech faces his official Chelsea debut. The Moroccan international has recovered from his knee injury and, according to English media, is included in the match selection for Saturday’s game against Southampton by manager Frank Lampard. The ex-Ajax player will have to hope for a substitute, as it still seems too early for a base the Blues.

Ziyech was injured in preparation for this season. The purchase of up to 44 million euros was injured in a friendly match against Brighton & Hove Albion. He worked for weeks on his recovery and is now fully training with the Chelsea selection. In the last international period, he already made his comeback with the national team of Morocco. Ziyech came in the exhibition game between Morocco and Senegal (3-1 win) as a replacement for Oussama Tannane and then gave an assist to Youssef El-Arabi.

Ziyech was missing the practice match against DR Congo (1-1) last Tuesday, as he had left the training camp on Sunday to return to London. “Hakim Ziyech has left the training camp to continue his medical program in England, as the medical staff of Morocco and Chelsea had previously agreed,” said the communiqué of the Moroccan Football Association.

According to The Athletic In addition to Ziyech, Ben Chilwell is also available at Chelsea. The left back dropped out of the English national team with a foot injury last week. He is fit enough to play at home against Southampton (4 p.m.) on Saturday. The game comes against the injured goalkeeper Edouard Mendy the Saints still too early. Chelsea entered the international period with a 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace. Lampard’s team can be found in seventh place in the Premier League rankings with seven points from four games.