By OkayGoal 
Enzo Maresca has confirmed that Cole Palmer will be out of action for two to three weeks for Chelsea as the club manager his injury issues.
Palmer has played just 145 minutes of Premier League football this season due to an ongoing groin issue.
The 23-year-old withdrew from the warm-up against West Ham after feeling discomfort on August 22nd and sat out the following fixture with Fulham.
After scoring as a substitute against Brentford, Palmer was then withdrawn in the first-half of last weekend’s defeat at Manchester United. Following the clash, Maresca admitted the midfielder was not 100% fit.
Chelsea have now made the decision to rest Palmer for the upcoming schedule, targeting a return to action after October’s international break. He will miss this weekend’s clash with Brighton and the home date with Liverpool on October 4th.
Cole Palmer ruled out for ‘two to three weeks’
“We decided to protect Cole a little bit, in terms of don’t get worse. We decide to rest him for the next 2-3 weeks until the international break, just to see if with that rest he can recover to 100%.”
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