He’s back. Palmer to start for Chelsea for the first time since September

London’s Chelsea are set to face Bournemouth away in the 15th round of the Premier League. And there’s great news for the Blues’ supporters ahead of kickoff.

Cole Palmer returns to Chelsea’s starting XI. The 23-year-old midfielder will make his first start since September 20. The team’s talisman had missed 13 matches due to injury and only rejoined the squad a week ago.

Palmer was left on the bench against Arsenal, and in the last match versus Leeds he got half an hour in the second half.

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Let’s recall: this season, the star midfielder has scored 2 goals in five appearances. Palmer found the net against Brentford in the Premier League and against Bayern in the Champions League.