Cole Palmer is likely to miss out again through injury when Chelsea take on Brentford on Saturday.

The England international has missed Chelsea’s last two games having not featured since the opening weekend of the Premier League season against Crystal Palace.

He sat out out of wins over West Ham United and Fulham, also missing England’s victories over Andorra and Serbia during the international break.

Shortly before the West Ham game in August, Palmer was forced to pull out of the starting XI in east London with Maresca later explaining the club were assessing a groin issue ‘day by day’.

Some eagle-eyed Chelsea fans were convinced they spotted their talisman back in training this week.

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