Crystal Palace’s Trevoh Chalobah to miss Leicester City match with abdominal injury

Trevoh Chalobah will have to wait a little longer to make his Crystal Palace debut after suffering an abdominal injury during his first training session.

The 25-year-old defender was signed on a season-long loan from Chelsea by Palace on transfer deadline day.

However, the injury means he will miss his team’s match against Leicester City at Selhurst Park on Saturday. He could also miss Palace’s next matches against Queens Park Rangers in the League Cup on Tuesday and their next Premier League match against Manchester United next Saturday.

Glasner said: “He (Chalobah) injured his abdominal muscle in his first session with us. It’s a very strange injury. He’s also out tomorrow. It won’t be long. He’s a doubt for QPR and Man United.”

Palace defender Chadi Riad will be sidelined for a while due to a knee injury.

The 21-year-old, who joined the club from Real Betis in the summer transfer window, suffered the injury during Palace’s 4-0 League Cup win over Norwich City in August.

“The doctor tells us it’s going to be 8-12 weeks, so it’s going to be a while,” Glasner said. “We all thought it was worse at first, but the ACL is not torn and that’s important.”

Brazilian striker Matheus Franca is set to resume training after not playing since March due to a broken rib.

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