Chelsea have been handed a big boost after Alvaro Morata returned to training ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash against Roma.

The Spanish striker has been sidelined since picking up a hamstring problem in the home defeat to Manchester City last month.

However, Morata trained with his teammates at Cobham on Tuesday morning ahead and could feature against the Serie A side at Stamford Bridge.

Boss Antonio Conte said: "Alvaro is in contention for tomorrow’s game. He has been training with us and in contention."

Morata has scored seven times in nine games since his summer switch to Stamford Bridge.

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However, the Blues slumped to defeat in his absence after going down 2-1 at Crystal Palace.

Meanwhile, Antonio Conte has called up four youngsters to train with the first-team squad.

Prospects Ethan Ampadu, Dujon Sterling, Jake Clarke-Salter and Kyle Scott all joined in with the senior players as Conte looks to put up a perfect nine points from three games.

Ampadu, 17, is a defensive midfielder who made his first-team debut in the Carabao Cup vs Nottingham Forest and has already been called up by Chris Coleman for Wales.

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Scott, 19, was on the bench at Selhurst Park at the weekend and seems to be the first option for Conte should he require a centre-midfielder in the absence of Kante and Danny Drinkwater.

Sterling, 17, is a right-back or winger with pace, power and a deadly delivery, while the 20-year-old Clarke-Salter is one of the Blues' most highly-rated centre-backs and impressed on loan at Bristol Rovers last term.

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