Chelsea hit by absences

14 August 2009 13:34
Chelsea are without a number of players for their opening Barclays Premier League clash with Hull at Stamford Bridge.[LNB]New signing Yuri Zhirkov is out with a knee injury while Juliano Belletti (Achilles) and defender Alex (groin) are also set to miss out.[LNB]Joe Cole (knee) and Paulo Ferreira (knee) are back in training but the fixture comes too soon for the pair.

Source: Eurosport