Cole Palmer suffers new injury setback at Chelsea in freak accident
Cole Palmer has suffered a fractured toe (AMA/Getty)
Cole Palmer has suffered a new injury setback at Chelsea after fracturing his toe during the international break.
Palmer has been sidelined since September after he was forced off against Manchester United due to a groin problem.
The 23-year-old was in line to return for Chelsea’s Champions League tie at home to Barcelona next Tuesday.
However, Enzo Maresca has revealed that the midfielder will now miss Saturday’s Premier League game against Burnley, next week’s match against Barcelona and their Premier League fixture at home to Arsenal on November 30.
‘He is probably not available for tomorrow for sure, Barcelona for sure or Arsenal for sure,’ Enzo Maresca said on Friday.
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‘Unfortunately, he had an accident at home two days ago, he hit his toe.
‘But it is nothing important but for sure he is not back in the next week. It’s fractured.
‘The only thing we know he is not available for this week and next week.
‘It can happen, I can wake up many times during the night to go to the toilet and hit my head, hit my leg, everything can happen.’
Asked if Palmer is wearing a protective boot, Maresca replied: ‘The last time I saw him was yesterday morning and he was without socks, without flip-flops, he was without nothing. I saw him in the changing room.
‘I don’t know how he is today. He wasn’t limping, he was walking okay. The problem is the small toe, so the contact with the ball is a little bit painful.’
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