Chelsea have been handed a significant injury boost ahead of their match against Tottenham Hotspur, with manager Enzo Maresca confirming that Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson - the club's three leading scorers - are all in contention to feature on Thursday.
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Palmer, Chelsea's top scorer with 14 league goals, missed the defeat to Arsenal before the international break after sustaining a muscular issue which also forced him to withdraw from the England squad.
Jackson, who has netted nine times in the league, has been out since early February after suffering a hamstring injury against West Ham United, while Madueke, on seven goals, has also been unavailable since that month.
But all three players have returned to training and could play a role against Spurs.
"Cole is back, he is OK. He is better. Noni is better and Nico is better. They are all good," Maresca confirmed to the media at Cobham on Wednesday.
"It is very good [to have them back]. We have said many times, this is a game for the players and when they are not there for different reasons, you struggle. It’s exactly what happened to us this season, we had six unbelievable months and then six or seven injuries in a row. Then we lost something. But it will be good to finish [the season] with all of them."
While Chelsea welcome back key attacking options, they will be without midfielder Romeo Lavia, who made his return from injury with a substitute appearance against Arsenal but has since suffered a setback.
"He was doing better in terms of progress but unfortunately, two days ago he had a small problem again," Maresca revealed. "We’re going to see [how he is] in the next hours."
