Martin Odegaard will make his first start for us since the end of August after being selected to skipper our side against Chelsea this afternoon.
The Norwegian missed 12 matches with an ankle injury sustained on international duty, but after returning to training this week and playing the final few minutes at Inter Milan on Tuesday, he has been deemed ready for today’s London derby.
He will line up alongside Declan Rice in midfield who sat out that game at the San Siro with a toe injury but has now recovered, and those are the only two changes to the side that tasted defeat in Italy five days ago.