Chelsea players celebrate(Image: Henry Nicholls/AFP)

Enzo Maresca is set to be missing a host of key Chelsea players for his squad's trip to Nottingham Forest at the weekend. The Blues return to action after a two-week international break away at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon in what is another crucial match for Maresca's side.

However, the Chelsea head coach will not be able to call upon some of his important players in Nottingham. Cole Palmer has been ruled out, with football.london reporting last week that the 23-year-old is expected to be out of action for the remainder of the month with a groin injury that has been troubling him for the majority of the season thus far.

Palmer has only played four times for Chelsea in all competitions in what has been a stop-start campaign for the England international thus far. The good news is that this injury is unlikely to require surgery, with sources confirming the attacker is set to be out for weeks rather than months.

Reece James, meanwhile, withdrew from the England squad last week after feeling some pain during the...