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Chelsea boss Graham Potter faces more selection headaches ahead of today’s crunch Premier League derby against Crystal Palace. The number of absentees in the struggling Blues’ first-team squad is now up to 12 players for the upcoming all-capital showdown at Stamford Bridge, with loanee Joao Felix suspended for three games after his red card on debut at Fulham and Denis Zakaria suffering quad damage in that same game. Ruben Loftus-Cheek may be available for a supporting role off the bench today after he stepped up his recovery from a long-term ankle injury by joining in first-team training earlier this week, with imminent new £89million signing Mykhaylo Mudryk set to watch the game from the stands after his medical.