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Silva is likely to start in the back three alongside Trevoh Chalobah and Kalidou Koulibaly, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ben Chilwell as his choice of wing-backs. Up front, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Raheem Sterling will be recalled after starting on the bench against Brentford, with Armando Broja and Cesar Azpilicueta dropping out.
In terms of long-term absentees, N’Golo Kante is set to undergo surgery on his recurring hamstring problem and will be sidelined for four months, while Reece James is ruled out of action for eight weeks after seeing a specialist about his knee injury.
“He’s in a brace for four weeks to stabilise the knee, then it’s rehab,” Potter said of James. “That will take around eight weeks. That’s the latest.”
Potential Chelsea XI vs Man United (3-4-3): Arrizabalaga; Chalobah, Silva, Koulibaly; Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Jorginho, Chilwell; Mount, Aubameyang, Sterling.
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