At the very end of the summer transfer window, the Blues paid Manchester City £42.5 million to sign their former academy graduate and playmaker.

Since then, Palmer has made a good impact at Stamford Bridge by scoring once and assisting twice in three starts and three substitute appearances in all competitions.

The 21-year-old appeared to be in jeopardy of losing his starting spot when he was taken out of Thursday’s 9-1 triumph over Serbia Under-21s.

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Despite Carsley’s claims that the kid could have played a role in their next match, he has decided not to take any chances with him.

I think Cole would be alright, but we don’t take any chances with any of the players,” Carsley remarked, as reported by the Evening Standard.

“If there is a slight doubt that they’re going to miss a game at the weekend, we get them back to the clubs as quickly as we can.”We could have waited another day to see how Cole was doing, but we decided against it.

The return of Palmer to Chelsea’s Cobham training site before the highly anticipated encounter is good news for head coach Mauricio Pochettino.

Palmer has started for all three of West London’s recent wins over Brighton & Hove Albion, Fulham, and Burnley in all competitions.

Palmer is expected to play on the right wing if he is well enough to do so, with Raheem Sterling likely starting over Mykhaylo Mudryk.