The manager confirmed earlier this week that Ighalo would travel down to London with the rest of the squad, and suggested that the fact the Nigerian has not yet trained with his team-mates wouldn’t keep him out of contention for the match at Stamford Bridge.
“I never said he was going to be ready to play on Monday,” Ole told reporters at his pre-match press conference.
“He'll be involved with us and he'll travel down with us and, obviously, now he's out of that two-week period of precaution and it's a precaution we've made.
“He'll travel with us and let's see if he's involved or not.