Both players are eligible to make their Chelsea debuts when the Premier League champions travel to Watford on Wednesday.
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Alexandre Pato and Matt Miazga, Chelsea’s new signings from Corinthians and New York Red Bulls respectively, are unlikely to feature against Watford.
However, having not played since November, Hiddink has revealed that the 26-year-old is not in the best physical condition. “Yesterday he has to bureaucratic stuff which we have to accept. He was out of the country, he had to come into the country. He’s in preparation and not fully fit”, Guus Hiddink said. He has worked for a few training sessions and he will be in this afternoon. “But we have to see in the upcoming time because we are playing a lot of games and I hope he will recover in two days”. The paperwork is done and formally he is, but physically and mentally he has done hardly any work with the whole team. Coming on loan makes it possible to have a good view of him, whether he’s able to adapt to the high demands of the club and the league.
The Dutchman enjoyed a very quiet deadline day with the Blues keeping hold of Loic Remy and not adding to their squad ahead of the second half of the season.
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Willian, the standout performer in a wretched season for the Londoners, missed training on Monday because of a foot problem.
