hello and welcome to chelsea talk the channel where we bring you everything you need to know about what's going on at stamford bridge the premier league in the world of football before we start the video please subscribe like and feel free to comment thomas tushel's transfer mission tushall explains zietjo mission from chelsea squad to face burnley the german head coach has justified his decision to leave the moroccan winger out of the team for the blues latest premier league fixture chelsea boss thomas tushel has explained hakeem ziech's omission from his squad to face burnley at stamford bridge on sunday zh became the first signing of frank lampard's reign when chelsea reached an agreement to bring the winger in for 40 million euros 35 million pounds per 50 million dollars from ajax in february 2019. the moroccan joined up with his new team mates a few months later after seeing out the season at johan cruyff arena but had to bide his time before making his debut the 27 year old overcame niggling fitness issues before making his first appearance for the blues off the bench during the 3-3 draw with southampton on october 7 and went on to earn a regular spot in lampard squad zh now has 16 appearances for chelsea to his name across all competitions along with two goals and three assists but his last outing came with tushal sitting in the dugout instead of lampod the german boss was drafted in following a club legend sacking at the start of the week and he named a much changed lineup for the 0-0 draw with wolves in midweek zh played 80 minutes of that contest but was a surprise absentee from the blues latest squad against burnley as tushal opted to go with a front three consisting of tammy abraham timo werner and mason mount the 47 year old who was relieved of his managerial duties at paris saint-germain in december justified his decision in a pre-match interview telling bt sport zh has been in a bit of overload since five weeks so he has a bit of a risk of getting injured if he plays more than say 30 minutes for that we decided to take a break now to go out of the risk zone zh will hope that he is recalled for a crucial london derby encounter against tottenham on thursday which comes three days before chelsea are due to face sheffield united at brommel lane before they travel to barnsley in the fourth round of the fa cup tushl's side is currently sitting 10th in the premier league standings seven points behind fourth-placed liverpool in the race for champions league qualification please subscribe like share and comment thanks for watching