
Talismanic Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer is not expected to return to action from his groin injury until November, reports state.
Palmer was taken off in the early stages of the 2–1 defeat to Manchester United on Sept. 20 after worsening a niggling issue that had been bothering him for some time. That led manager Enzo Maresca to admit in the days that followed that the 23-year-old needed “protecting” from an increasingly high workload that included full participation in the summer’s Club World Cup.