Chelsea doctors are yet to put a timescale on Alvaro Morata’s return from injury but are hopeful it could be earlier than first feared.

Morata pulled out of the Spain squad for the games against Albania and Israel, with the Spanish Federation revealing the 24-year-old had undergone an MRI scan that revealed a grade two injury.

Medical experts claim that a grade two hamstring injury can sideline a player for anywhere between four to six weeks, but Chelsea doctors believe they can get him back earlier than that after initially assessing Morata on Tuesday.

Chelsea’s medical staff will continue to work with Morata over the next couple of days after which his return date will become clearer, but the Spaniard is clearly feeling optimistic.

Morata tweeted a picture of himself in Chelsea a training kit with the message: “I have no time to lose! Working hard towards recovery! Crystal Palace.”