Edouard Mendy is reported determined to start for Chelsea in their Champions League match against Sevilla on Tuesday night.

Mendy trained ahead of the Sevilla clash on Monday at Cobham, as Frank Lampard was handed a timely boost.

The new Goalkeeper missed Chelsea’s 3-3 draw with Southampton on Saturday, a game which saw the Blues surrender a three-goal lead to the Saints after another Kepa’s blunder.

Lampard updated on Monday that, "Mendy is at the minute injured and probably will be fit in the next week or two weeks and then that will be the decision for me to make about who plays."

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Nevertheless, the Telegraph reports that Mendy has convinced Frank Lampard that he is ready to feature in the opening fixture of the Blues European campaign against the Europa League winners.

Lampard also confirmed in his pre-match that Bill Gilmour is making progress after his knee surgery and will be out for another three to four weeks.

"Billy is working really well," Lampard said ahead of the Sevilla game. "He’s probably three or four weeks away from his return.

"He’s working outside with the physios at the moment but we hope to integrate him into training with either ourselves or the Under-21s at some point soon.

"We are probably looking at the other side of the next international break with Billy, all being well."