Chelsea star Cole Palmer will not return to the field this before the next international break in November, according to boss Enzo Maresca.

The Blues manager was speaking ahead of Chelsea’s 7:30am ET Saturday kickoff at Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.

“We try to protect Cole as much as we can,” Maresca said, via the BBC . “It is important when he comes back he is fully fit.”

Maresca said Palmer is relaxed about the recovery process and that the team is confident that he will not require surgery. The playmaker has been missing from action since an early exit against Manchester United last month .

“But the medical staff are not magicians,” Maresca added. “You need six weeks and we hope six weesk will be enough. A problem we need to see step by step, week by week.”

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