Cole Palmer suffers new injury setback at Chelsea in freak accident

Cole Palmer has suffered a fractured toe (AMA/Getty)

Cole Palmer has suffered a new injury setback at Chelsea after fracturing his toe during the international break.

Palmer has been sidelined since September after he was forced off against Manchester United due to a groin problem.

The 23-year-old was in line to return for Chelsea’s Champions League tie at home to Barcelona next Tuesday.

However, Enzo Maresca has revealed that the midfielder will now miss Saturday’s Premier League game against Burnley, next week’s match against Barcelona and their Premier League fixture at home to Arsenal on November 30.

‘He is probably not available for tomorrow for sure, Barcelona for sure or Arsenal for sure,’ Enzo Maresca said on Friday.

‘Unfortunately, he had an accident at home where he hit his toe but it is nothing important but he won’t be back in the next week. It’s fractured.

‘The last time I saw him was yesterday morning and he was without socks, without flip-flops, without nothing.

‘I don’t know how he is today. It was in the changing room. He wasn’t limping, he seemed okay, but it’s his small toe, so it can be painful.’