COLE Palmer is a doubt for Chelsea’s Premier League clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge on Monday.
Palmer didn’t train on Friday, and Levi Colwill and Romeo Lavia also missed the session.
The Blues are winless in their last five games and have slipped fifth in the table but they got a boost in the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth when Reece James returned in the league to score a 95th-minute equaliser.
“Cole, Levi, Romeo was not in the session today,” Maresca said. “We have three or four players who are a doubt for Monday’s game because in the last game they picked up some problems.”
“Cole, the first half they kicked him so he didn’t train today, we don’t know if he will train tomorrow.
“For Reece it is not about if he scores goals or how many minutes, it’s just to manage him. We are going to see. If he plays 45 minutes he can be ready but we don’t want to risk [him]. We don’t want him to get injured again.”
Chelsea recalled defender Trevoh Chalobah from Crystal Palace this week. Maresca said: “It is quite an easy process. We have quite a few injuries and we were looking for a solution so we called back Trev. First of all we know him very well, second we are sure he can [perform].”
Maresca also admitted he is in the dark on Mykhailo Mudryk, after the news in December the winger had returned a positive drugs test.
“I don’t know,” Maresca said. “The only thing I can say is that we are close to Mykhailo as a club and we are trying to help him. In terms of an update I don’t have one.”