Conte confirms Zouma will return for Chelsea in the FA Cup

Kurt Zouma will return for Chelsea against Peterborough United in the FA Cup on Sunday after over 11 months out with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. 

The France international was a regular for his club last season before he was injured against Manchester United in the Premier League, and he'll return to boost Antonio Conte's squad on Sunday. 

Conte confirmed that Chelsea won't sign any more central defenders with Zouma due to return and is he excited to see the 22-year-old return to his starting line up at the weekend. 

"He's ready to start," Conte confirmed at a news conference at Cobham Training Centre. "I'm pleased for him. He deserved to start the game.

"Also for him it is a good opportunity to show me he's in good form and to give me another opportunity when I go to choose the starting XI.

"Kurt's injury was very bad. I knew this and I talk in May with my club about this injury, because this injury was very bad. For this reason we knew that Kurt needed more time to recover. Now he's in good shape and he's ready to play, to restart his career."

Zouma has played four matches for Chelsea's Under-23 side, while he has been training with the first team for several months before recently being put on the bench as an unused substitute in Chelsea's last few matches.