Lampard to hand new signings Edouard Mendy and Ben Chilwell first starts on Tuesday

New Chelsea signings Edouard Mendy and Ben Chilwell are available to start against Tottenham on Tuesday night.

Frank Lampard has revealed that the goalkeeper signed from Rennes is ready to take up a spot in the starting line-up but did not confirm if he would make his debut in the  EFL Cup derby clash.

The manager has been hearted by the way his new £22m stopper has settled in and trained so far.

And Ben Chilwell, who joined the Stamford Bridge club from Leicester for £50m is also available for his full debut having come off the bench against West Brom in the 3-3 draw on Saturday.

In other team news ahead of the Carabao Cup clash against his former boss Jose Mourinho, Lampard admitted new signing Hakim Ziyech and winger Christian Pulisic will not be involved.

Neither player is far away from contention but the game comes too soon in their return to full fitness.

Lampard and Co will be desperate to get back to winning ways after dropping further points at the weekend.

The Blues were rattled as they went 3-0 down against Slaven Bilic’s side at the Hawthorns but showed character to come back and grab a point late on through Tammy Abraham.

Lampard said: ‘They were clear individual mistakes, you can’t hide from them. The players held their hands up. We have to take it on the chin. The positive we got a point from that position, but of course we wanted more.’

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