Three missing for Chelsea's trip to Manchester City, but Ross Barkley is available for Antonio Conte

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Vaishali Bhardwaj2 March 2018

Antonio Conte has confirmed that Ross Barkley will travel with the Chelsea squad to Manchester after the midfielder recovered from a hamstring injury.

However, Tiemoue Bakayoko, David Luiz and Ethan Ampadu are all out injured for the Blues' Premier League clash with Pep Guardiola's City side on Sunday.

Barkley, who joined Chelsea from Everton in the winter transfer window, hasn't featured for the champions since January 31 when he started against Bournemouth because of a hamstring issue he sustained in training.

But Conte confirmed on Friday that the 24-year-old will travel to the Etihad Stadium after returning to full training this week.

"Ross Barkley trained with us this week and now he’s recovered from his injury," Conte told reporters.

"He will come with us and then I will decide if I find a place on the bench for him, or if he will be in the stand for another week."

Bakayoko, Luiz and Ampadu - who picked up an injury during Chelsea Under-19s' 5-2 win over Feyenoord in the Uefa Youth League last week - will not travel to Manchester.

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