Chelsea have been hit with a fresh Cole Palmer setback after it was confirmed an “accident at home” will see the Blues’ talisman ruled out for at least the next three games. Palmer has only just recovered from a troublesome groin injury that has limited him to all but 235 minutes across the Premier League and Champions League so far this season.

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.

Enzo Maresca is unhappy that the Premier League has scheduled Chelsea to play the 12:30pm kick-off immediately after the international break for the second successive month. Chelsea face Burnley at Turf Moor in the early lunchtime match on Saturday and will have to do without Cole Palmer after he fractured a toe in a freak accident.

Chelsea face Burnley in the Premier League at Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon looking to strengthen their position in the top four.

All the latest from the Premier League news conferences as managers speak to the media after the international break.

A former Premier League manager has picked a rather bizarre position for Cole Palmer to come and play in for England.We are approaching the next World Cup at the end of the current season, and there