Chelsea are without Cole Palmer for this afternoon’s Premier League clash away at Burnley.
The Blues’ talisman was close to a return from a persistent groin injury that has kept him out for two months but has now been ruled out of Chelsea’s next three games after fracturing the little toe on his left foot by stubbing it on a door.
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Chelsea have received a triple boost before the clash with Burnley, though, with manager Enzo Maresca confirming that Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto and Benoit Badiashile are all available.
Both Fernandez and Neto missed international duty this month, with Argentina and Portugal respectively, but have since recovered from knee and groin injuries to start.
Neto was pictured in Chelsea training at Cobham on Monday, as was Badiashile, who has recovered from a muscular problem sustained in the October win against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
“Enzo and Pedro, they used the international break to recover a little bit of energy, also to recover from the injury, the problems they had, and they are both available for tomorrow,” Maresca said on Friday.
Moises Caicedo only returned to London on Thursday evening following international duty with Ecuador but is fit to face Burnley. However, Maresca has opted to rest him ahead of key games against Barcelona and Arsenal over the next week.
Chelsea remain without longer-term injury absentees Palmer, Dario Essugo, Romeo Lavia and Levi Colwill.
While Axel Disasi has been training with the first team at times recently, he is not in the club’s Premier League squad and is involved against Burnley.
Confirmed team news
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; James (c), Tosin, Chalobah, Cucurella; Andrey Santos, Fernandez; Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro, Gittens; Delap
Substitutes: Jorgensen, Gusto, Acheampong, Badiashile, Hato, Caicedo, Estevao, Garnacho, Guiu
