Chelsea’s Cole Palmer will likely be absent for an additional week after he fractured his toe when he stubbed it on a door in the course of the evening.

The England ahead was set to renew first-team coaching this week after two months out with a groin harm.

However the 23-year-old will stay out barely longer having injured the small toe on his favoured left foot on Wednesday.

He’ll miss the Blues’ subsequent three fixtures – Saturday’s Premier League sport at Burnley, Tuesday’s Champions League fixture in opposition to Barcelona and subsequent weekend’s match at house to Arsenal.

“He’s in all probability not obtainable for Saturday for positive, Barcelona for positive or Arsenal for positive,” mentioned Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca.

“Sadly, he had an accident at house the place he hit his toe. It’s nothing vital, however he will not be again within the subsequent week.

“I get up many occasions in the course of the evening – I hit my head, my legs, my every thing – so it will probably occur.”

Palmer’s most up-to-date look was throughout Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat at Manchester United on 20 September.

The Blues have performed 11 video games in all competitions since – profitable eight and shedding two – and sit third within the Premier League desk.

“I feel that his team-mates are higher gamers with Cole enjoying,” added Maresca. “I really feel significantly better when Cole is on the pitch, and all of us need Cole on the pitch.

“On the identical time, when Cole will not be on the pitch, we have to discover a answer. The group is doing very effectively however we’re higher with Cole. He was nearly again with us.”

Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto and Benoit Badiashile are all obtainable for the journey to Turf Moor.

Chelsea have Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi of their so-called ‘bomb squad’ and Maresca confirmed nothing has modified with the pair, regardless of the defender’s involvement with the Below-21s and first-team coaching in the course of the worldwide break.

“Axel and Raheem are Chelsea gamers,” he mentioned. “Axel helps the second group, he is serving to the youthful gamers.

“In the course of the worldwide break we had simply 5, six gamers right here, so we want some second-team gamers. Axel was a part of some periods with second-team gamers, however I feel it was only one session with us.”