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title: "Fabregas a doubt to face former side Arsenal"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2018-08-14T09:00:12Z"
modified: "2018-08-14T09:00:12Z"
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# Fabregas a doubt to face former side Arsenal

Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas is a major doubt to face his former side Arsenal this weekend.

[The Metro reports](https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/13/cesc-fabregas-set-miss-chelseas-clash-arsenal-due-knee-injury-7834768/) that a knee injury could keep the midfielder out of the Chelsea side, in what will be a truer test for Maurizio Sarri’s men in the Premier League.

The report claims that Fabregas was not involved in a light training session on Monday following Saturday’s 3-0 victory.

Despite being heavily involved in pre-season, Fabregas did not start against Huddersfield on the opening day of the campaign.

![Michael Regan/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1011400550.jpg)

Sarri instead decided to start with a midfield three of new signing Jorginho, alongside both N’Golo Kante and Ross Barkley.

While Barkley impressed at Huddersfield, this could open up a chance for either Matteo Kovacic or Ruben Loftus-Cheek to start against the Gunners.

Kovacic was not named in the Chelsea squad to face Huddersfield but is being tipped to feature at some stage against the Gunners.

Loftus-Cheek came off the bench to feature in the last 20 minutes of the Premier League opener.