Conte confirms Terry still out

Antonio Conte has confirmed John Terry will not be fit to face Hull on Saturday and says there is no “magic wand” to fix Chelsea’s problems following back-to-back Premier League defeats.

Terry was expected to be sidelined for around 10 days after leaving the Liberty Stadium on crutches following Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Swansea on September 11 but has not yet recovered from an ankle injury. 

The Blues have since suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Liverpool followed by a 3-0 loss at Arsenal and Conte said the Chelsea captain will not be available to help turn things around this weekend.

“He isn’t available because he hasn’t recovered his injury of his ankle,” Conte said. “We can see him after the international break, I think. Also [John Obi] Mikel is out, because he has a small problem. The others no, we have all the players available.”

Chelsea have not won in their last three league games, slipping to eighth in the table, and following a meeting with Roman Abramovich this week the Blues manager said …

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