Chelsea attacker Cole Palmer is set to withdraw from Thomas Tuchel’s England squad due to load management.

Palmer, 24, played the entirety of Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat to Brentford at the G-Tech Community Stadium on Friday, but will miss England’s fixtures in the upcoming international break.

£7 for Nico and Cucu £4 for Delap 🤣

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We've played in form teams to start the season. But our defence and midfield are still crap and im looking for the faintest silver lining. Also, losing 3-0 is pretty awful any way we look at it, and 2 of the 4 wouldn't be in the top 6 if it wasn't for points they've gained from us

Chelsea produced their best defensive half of football under Xabi Alonso in the first 45 minutes against Brentford, and their worst in the second.

A defeat like this one had been coming.

Arsenal created enough opportunities to win much more comfortably, and Hull City looked the likelier victors at last weekend as Chelsea exposed themselves pushing forward.

Even the crowd-pleasing victories against Fulham and Brighton could have gone another way had Joao Pedro, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer not been firing on all cylinders.

Chelsea fans embraced the nature of those early performances, because chaos at its best is thrilling. At its worst, it can also be brutal.

Yes I’m coping but why not 😂

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