Chelsea players including new striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang trained in Croatia ahead of Tuesday's Champions League Group E opener against Dinamo Zagreb.
Aubameyang joined the Blues on transfer deadline day from Barcelona but was thought to be weeks away from first-team duty as he recovers from an injured jaw following an attack by armed men at his family home in Spain.
But the Gabon international, 33, could be in line to make his debut for the London side in Zagreb wearing a protective mask for his injured jaw but Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel on Monday implored the media not to give him ideas of being a 'superhero'.
Tuchel joked in his pre-match press conference: "Don't put any ideas into Auba's head please, any further ideas.
"I'm pretty sure he has his own ones. When he scores he can celebrate. First of all, he needs to score.
"He's very ambitious, very focused. He's hungry to play for us and prove a point. That's why he's here, that's what we felt from the first moment. He's happily invited to prove a point tomorrow."
Although his current mask is for medical purposes, in the past Aubameyang has celebrated goals by donning masks of comic book heroes — including Batman, Spider-Man and Black Panther — saying he puts them on to make his kids happy.
Tuchel said a call on Aubameyang playing would be taken depending on how he trains again, but would not play the full match.
"Is he ready to start? Of course. He cannot play 90 minutes," Tuchel added.
"It's on us to take a decision on how we manage the minutes. He needs minutes to get his full fitness and rhythm. It's on us to find a solution if he comes from the bench or if he starts."
TOURNAMENT INFO
Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier
Jul 3- 14, in the Netherlands
The top two teams will qualify to play at the World T20 in the West Indies in November
UAE squad
Humaira Tasneem (captain), Chamani Seneviratne, Subha Srinivasan, Neha Sharma, Kavisha Kumari, Judit Cleetus, Chaya Mughal, Roopa Nagraj, Heena Hotchandani, Namita D’Souza, Ishani Senevirathne, Esha Oza, Nisha Ali, Udeni Kuruppuarachchi
Getting there
Flydubai flies direct from Dubai to Tbilisi from Dh1,025 return including taxes
The specs: 2018 Renault Koleos
Price, base: From Dh77,900
Engine: 2.5L, in-line four-cylinder
Transmission: Continuously variable transmission
Power: 170hp @ 6,000rpm
Torque: 233Nm @ 4,000rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 8.3L / 100km
Squid Game season two
Director: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Wi Ha-joon and Lee Byung-hun
Rating: 4.5/5
Sunday:
GP3 race: 12:10pm
Formula 2 race: 1:35pm
Formula 1 race: 5:10pm
Performance: Guns N' Roses
ESSENTIALS
The flights
Emirates flies from Dubai to Phnom Penh via Yangon from Dh2,700 return including taxes. Cambodia Bayon Airlines and Cambodia Angkor Air offer return flights from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap from Dh250 return including taxes. The flight takes about 45 minutes.
The hotels
Rooms at the Raffles Le Royal in Phnom Penh cost from $225 (Dh826) per night including taxes. Rooms at the Grand Hotel d'Angkor cost from $261 (Dh960) per night including taxes.
The tours
A cyclo architecture tour of Phnom Penh costs from $20 (Dh75) per person for about three hours, with Khmer Architecture Tours. Tailor-made tours of all of Cambodia, or sites like Angkor alone, can be arranged by About Asia Travel. Emirates Holidays also offers packages.
How much do leading UAE’s UK curriculum schools charge for Year 6?
- Nord Anglia International School (Dubai) – Dh85,032
- Kings School Al Barsha (Dubai) – Dh71,905
- Brighton College Abu Dhabi - Dh68,560
- Jumeirah English Speaking School (Dubai) – Dh59,728
- Gems Wellington International School – Dubai Branch – Dh58,488
- The British School Al Khubairat (Abu Dhabi) - Dh54,170
- Dubai English Speaking School – Dh51,269
*Annual tuition fees covering the 2024/2025 academic year
