Thomas Tuchel admits he already has a central midfield headache - just not the one he was expecting at the start of the season.
Tuchel began the campaign hopeful that his only dilemma would be who to leave out whenever he picks his team.
But already he is down to just two fully-fit senior central midfielders for Tuesday night's trip to Southampton with N'Golo Kante injured and Conor Gallagher suspended following his dismissal against Leicester.
When the season kicked off Tuchel felt he had a healthy pool of options with Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek also in his thoughts and Carney Chukwuemeka arriving in a deal worth up to £20m from Aston Villa.