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Chelsea Injury Updates: Cole Palmer, Reece James, Enzo Fernandez, Benoit Badiashile

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Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca met the media today, and he provided a ton of updates on the squad's injury/fitness situation. Some of it is not so good, and we'll start with the bad news first, in Cole Palmer. Maresca had said, prior to this past international break that Cole Palmer would return to action once the October internationals were over. Well, so much for that, as … [Read more...] about Chelsea Injury Updates: Cole Palmer, Reece James, Enzo Fernandez, Benoit Badiashile

Chelsea Injury Updates: Reece James, Cole Palmer, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo

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It was a big weekend for Chelsea, who scored a nice win over then league leading Liverpool. Team captain Reece James played the full 90 in that victory but he did not come away unscathed. James suffered an unspecified injury of some sort, forcing him to pull out of international duty with England this week. It may just be a knock, and nothing more serious, but it is … [Read more...] about Chelsea Injury Updates: Reece James, Cole Palmer, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo

Chelsea Team News vs Benfica: Cole Palmer, Tosin Adarabioyo, Wesley Fofana

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Over the weekend, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca provided an update on three of the Blues six injured players. Ahead of the surprise loss to Brighton, Maresca provided some level of insight into the situations surrounding Cole Palmer, Tosin Adarabioyo and Wesley Fofana. Let's get you up to speed for the UCL clash with Benfica (and good old friend, Jose Mourinho), starting with … [Read more...] about Chelsea Team News vs Benfica: Cole Palmer, Tosin Adarabioyo, Wesley Fofana

Chelsea Team News vs Brighton: Palmer, Guiu, Sanchez, Lavia, Badiashile

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Lots of Chelsea team news to cover from the past couple days of Enzo Maresca press conferences. The Blues boss provided updates on the likes of Cole Palmer, Marc Guiu, Romeo Lavia and Benoit Badiashile over the course of Monday and Tuesday. We got a lot of ground to cover, so let's just dive right in, starting with Palmer. He's been battling a groin problem, and playing … [Read more...] about Chelsea Team News vs Brighton: Palmer, Guiu, Sanchez, Lavia, Badiashile

Chelsea Starting XI Prediction at Manchester United

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Ouch! That was absolutely not the way that Chelsea FC wanted to start their UEFA Champions League campaign. Bayern beat them 3-1 as Harry Kane bagged a brace, one goal from the spot, the other from open play. Enzo Maresca has work to do, as Chelsea may be a very strong squad (they did win the FIFA Club World Cup after all, but they are not quite among the world's elitist of the … [Read more...] about Chelsea Starting XI Prediction at Manchester United

Chelsea Team News at Brentford: Cole Palmer, Delap, Lavia, Badiashile

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Chelsea FC photos of their first training session ahead of Saturday's league fixture against Brentford FC, and Cole Palmer was noticeably absent. Given that the Blues talisman was an already an injury doubt heading into this week, one has to assume that he is not currently in full training with the rest of the group right now. … [Read more...] about Chelsea Team News at Brentford: Cole Palmer, Delap, Lavia, Badiashile

Chelsea Injury Updates: Liam Delap, Benoit Badiashile, Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia

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Chelsea sit in a decent place this international break, second place in the table, behind only league leading Liverpool. They do have a fair amount of injury concerns though, and we'll see who among the likes of Liam Delap, Benoit Badiashile, Cole Palmer and Romeo Lavia, could return against Brentford on Sept. 13. Yes, the next match for the Blues is, once again a London derby. … [Read more...] about Chelsea Injury Updates: Liam Delap, Benoit Badiashile, Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia

Chelsea Team News vs Fulham: Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia, Benoit Badiashile

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We're already at the point of previewing the final weekend of league play before the September international break. Yes, the new season is still very young, but at the same time, it's just flying by. Chelsea host Fulham in the local derby on Saturday, and they'll do so with four injury concerns: Cole Palmer, Benoit Badiashile, Romeo Lavia and Levi Colwill. Let's break 'em … [Read more...] about Chelsea Team News vs Fulham: Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia, Benoit Badiashile

Chelsea FC Starting Lineup Prediction at West Ham United

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From one London derby to another for Chelsea FC, as they'll visit West Ham United in Premier League week two. The opening week underwhelmed as Chelsea stalemated Crystal Palace, a side with a payroll that is about a third the size of their wage bill is. They should fare better against West Ham, a side that had a much worse opening week than the Blues. Losing to a newly … [Read more...] about Chelsea FC Starting Lineup Prediction at West Ham United