Chelsea forced to END their pre-season camp in Ireland hours after 'possible positive' Covid case leads to cancellation of friendly as Thomas Tuchel suffers major disruption to plans ahead of new campaign Chelsea will return to London after bringing an end to their camp in Ireland They had planned to spend another four days there as pre-season preparation But a possible positive Covid case in the squad has forced a change of plans The Blues' next pre-season fixture is away to Bournemouth on Tuesday night
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Chelsea have been forced to bring a premature end to their pre-season camp in the Republic of Ireland after a possible positive Covid-19 test from one of their players.
The planned behind-closed-doors friendly on Thursday night against Drogheda United was cancelled at the last minute, with the Blues playing an in-house match instead.
That game finished 1-1 between the two sets of Chelsea players, with Callum Hudson-Odoi and Armando Broja scoring the goals.
Chelsea have been forced to bring a premature end to their pre-season camp in Ireland
Thomas Tuchel will now return to London after a possible positive Covid case in the squad
Following that match, in which the player in question played no part and