Tiemoue Bakayoko involved in car crash on way home from Chelsea training [PHOTOS FROM THE ACCIDENT}

Chelsea midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is recovering after being involved in a "minor" car accident outside the club's Cobham training ground.

The France midfielder, 23, is understood to have just left the complex when the accident occurred around 3.30pm at Blundell Lane.

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Bakayoko is understood to have received only "minor" injuries according to club sources.

Suggestions that he was involved in a head-on collision have been dismissed by the Blues.











Bakayoko's car, however, is understood to have left the road.

It is understood the midfielder, signed from Monaco for £40m during the summer, is still in line to be part of Antonio Conte's squad for this weekend's Premier League game against Stoke.

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Conte is set to give an update on Bakayoko's condition in his pre-match briefing on Friday.

Bakayoko has six appearances since joining Premier League champions Chelsea. He scored his first goal for the club in the 6-0 win over Qarabag earlier this month

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