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Amie Wilson

The Chelsea morning headlines as Ziyech's Ajax absence explained and Lampard makes summer plans

Here are your Chelsea morning headlines for Thursday, 27th February.

Bayern Munich confirm injury blow

Bayern Munich have confirmed that they be without prolific striker Robert Lewandowski for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 tie against Chelsea.

The Blues trail 3-0 going into the game at the Allianz Arena, meaning they have a uphill battle should they wish to get the the quarter finals of the competition.

Lewandowski was the scorer of the German side's third goal during the game at Stamford Bridge during the week.

Full story here.

Willian's transfer bombshell

Chelsea winger Willian has admitted that he could leave Stamford Bridge this summer after no progress was made on contract talks with the club.

The Brazilian's deal runs until the end of the current season meaning he could leave for nothing in the summer and talks have been ongoing over a new contract for some time.

The disagreement comes in the length of the deal offered, with Chelsea offering two-years whereas Willian in looking for an extra year.

See what he said here.

Lampard's summer transfer plans

According to a report in the Sun , Chelsea boss Lampard is looking to sell up to eight players in the summer in order to shape his squad for next season.

The report claims that Ross Barkley, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Jorginho could be among the players sold in order to make room in his squad for more additions.

It is claimed that Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho are two targets, while the Mirror reports that RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano is also emerging as a top target for Lampard in the summer.

Ziyech's Ajax absence explained

Hakim Ziyech will miss Ajax's second leg of the Europa League round of 32 tie against Getafe on Thursday night with precautions being taken over his fitness.

The Morocco international agreed to join Chelsea in the summer in a £33.4 million deal, but will play out the rest of the season with the Dutch club.

Ziyech has just returned from injury and Ajax boss Erik ten Hag doesn't want to take any risks with the winger.

Full story here .

Frank Lampard's strongest XI for Bayern Munich second leg

Frank Lampard will be without both Jorginho and Marcos Alonso for the second leg against Bayern Munich in just under three weeks time due to suspension.

With the scores still at 0-0, Jorginho picked up his third yellow card of the tournament by talking himself into the referee's book, then after Bayern had scored their three goals, Alonso was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Robert Lewandowski.

Lampard may also be without some important players through injury, so who would be in his strongest starting XI? See here .

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