Cole Palmer injury update for Chelsea’s Premier League clash vs Leicester City

Enzo Maresca has indicated that Cole Palmer is acceptable to beryllium disposable for Chelsea’s Premier League lucifer against Leicester City connected Saturday.

Palmer was a uncertainty for Chelsea’s 1-1 gully with Arsenal earlier the planetary interruption owed to a genu injury helium suffered successful the 1-1 gully with Manchester United astatine Old Trafford connected November 3.

Chelsea’s talisman initially reported for planetary work with England during the planetary interruption before some helium and Levi Colwill pulled retired of Lee Carsley’s squad.

Chelsea volition beryllium without Reece James for their travel to Leicester for Saturday’s aboriginal Premier League match, but Maresca is hopeful that some Palmer and Colwill volition beryllium capable to play.

‘We have, for sure, conscionable 1 injured player, that is Reece [James] who unluckily felt thing tiny and we don’t privation to instrumentality immoderate hazard for the weekend,’ Maresca said connected Thursday.

‘He is the lone 1 for definite who is not disposable for this weekend.

‘The rest, immoderate of them are better, immoderate of them are inactive doubts and besides we request to hold due to the fact that contiguous is the archetypal league that we bash with each the players who were with their nationalist team.’

Asked specifically astir Palmer and Levi Colwill, Maresca replied: ‘As I said, yes, immoderate of them are better, immoderate of them we trial today. But overall, they are better.’

On James’ injury, Maresca added: ‘It’s a hamstring, it’s a muscular problem. We don’t privation to instrumentality immoderate risks for this weekend, hopefully it’s not thing long.

‘I cognize that it’s not casual but if each clip helium gets an wounded it becomes hard for him, for maine it’s adjacent worse. He has to judge that. He has to effort to debar arsenic overmuch arsenic helium can, but sometimes things happen, adjacent if you privation to debar that.’

Maresca was besides asked astir imaginable rotation successful Chelsea’s midfield with Romeo Lavia an wounded doubt, portion some Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo person been distant connected planetary work successful South America during the break.

‘Renato Viega did successful immoderate games but helium besides played 180 minutes for Portugal,’ Maresca said.

‘In the cup, Cesare Casedei did precise good but helium besides played some games with Italy Under-21s.

‘For sure, the ones who are going to play are not going to beryllium 100 per cent due to the fact that they are quality beings and erstwhile you play 2 games successful South America and you travel backmost and you person to play again, adjacent if you are 20 years old, oregon 25, doesn’t matter, you are a quality being. Hopefully we tin find a balance.’

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