Cole Palmer is struggling to recover in time to play in Chelsea’s difficult trip to Bournemouth this Saturday, which will air live on talkSPORT.
Due to muscular exhaustion, the 22-year-old was forced to miss England’s Nations League games.
Due to a hamstring strain, he was forced to leave Chelsea’s 2-0 victory against Servette during their Europa Conference League play-off first leg earlier this month.
The Blues decided to limit his workload by leaving him off their team for the league round of the competition, although the injury did not result in a lengthy stint on the sidelines.
Subsequently, Palmer was among the trio of players to pull out of Lee Carsley’s first England roster for the matchup between Finland and the Republic of Ireland.
Following an evaluation, the PFA Young Player of the Year was returned to Cobham after reporting to St George’s Park last week.
Chelsea supporters will now be hoping that their talisman’s rest during the break will be sufficient to see him play this weekend.
Is Cole Palmer ready for the Bournemouth match?
The playmaker, who recovered over the international break, is expected to be available for the trip to the south coast.
Palmer and the other Chelsea players who did not play for their country this past week returned to training on Monday.
Wesley Fofana, who was forced to withdraw from the France team due to injury, and Jadon Sancho, his new Blues teammate, joined him.
Palmer participated in running and passing drills in front of Enzo Maresca on Tuesday and appeared unfazed.
This means that, if nothing goes wrong throughout the remainder of this week’s training, he will play against Bournemouth live on talkSPORT.
Chelsea will benefit greatly from his presence since Palmer has already contributed four assists and one goal in the Premier League.
The club’s lone away game of the season saw all but one of their goal contributions, as they excelled in the 6-2 triumph over Wolves.
Palmer leads the division in assists even though it is still Chelsea’s only Premier League win.
Palmer will now try to duplicate that Molineaux victory when the Blues travel to face Bournemouth, who are undefeated, on their second road trip.
After their thrilling 3-2 comeback victory against Everton, the Cherries are now one point and three spots higher in the standings than Maresca’s team.