Here are your Chelsea morning headlines for Friday, 6th March.
Lampard gets injury boost
Christian Pulisic has delivered a huge injury update.
The attacker has been sidelined since the beginning of January with an abductor muscle problem, missing games against the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich and Liverpool.
But in a massive boost for Lampard, Pulisic has taken to Instagram, stating that he is "super close" to returning to action.
It remains to be seen when the USA international will be fully fit and available for action.
Although, he could play a huge role in the season run-in with the west London outfit hoping for a top-four finish in the Premier League as well as winning the FA Cup.
Hudson-Odoi setback
However, it's not all good news on the injury front for the Blues and Lampard.
Callum Hudson-Odoi has suffered a fresh injury setback.
The winger has been out of action since after the winter break with a hamstring problem.
Lampard had hoped that Hudson-Odoi would not miss too much football, but the Athletic report that the winger has aggravated his injury.
It is not yet clear how much time this will add to the England international's time on the sidelines, but it does not seem a return to action within the next couple of weeks is on the cards.
Abraham awards
Tammy Abraham picked up the Premier League Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year trophies at the London Football Awards on Thursday night.
The striker has been in fine form this season, grabbing 13 goals in the Premier League thus far and beat Gary Cahill, Son Heung-min, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and teammate Jorginho to the main award.
While in the award for young stars, he came out on top of Bryan Mbeumo, Fikayo Tomori, Gabriel Martinelli and teammate Mason Mount.
Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck gave out some more praise for the striker - joking that all clubs should consider a transfer ban.
"The nominees show a transfer ban is a very good thing," Buck said.
"In fact, I recommend it to all of the London clubs."
Premier League announce alternative to handshake ceremony
The Premier League have announced changes to the pre-game rituals for this weekend matches.
Amid fears over the spread of Coronavirus in the UK, the handshake between sides ahead of the games has been cancelled.
The UK has had 115 confirmed cases of the virus so far, and announced the first death caused by the virus on Thursday.
The Premier League have been in touch with the UK Government in regards to advice over the coronavirus and have now taken this step.
A statement read: "The Premier League fair-play handshake will not take place between players and match officials from this weekend until further notice based on medical advice.
"Coronavirus is spread via droplets from the nose and mouth and can be transmitted onto the and and passed on via a handshake".
