The saga around Cole Palmer’s groin injury is getting uglier and uglier.
Most sources are claiming that the attacking midfielder has had a consistent issue since last season, which has clearly not been made better by a busy summer where he featured a lot at the Club World Cup, had just a couple of weeks off then was thrown back into action in the new season.
Chelsea ignored alarm bells over Palmer groin
When he pulled out of the warm up against West Ham last month alarm bells were ringing, but there were hopes that a fortnight off while the international break was on would help out. He then came off the bench against Brentford and then played all 97 minutes against Bayern Munich.
It was very clear at the end of that game that he had made his issue worse, and the proof came on Saturday night against Manchester United where he lasted just 20 minutes before limping off.
Now we’ve got an even more scary report from Simon Phillips, who says that the attacking midfielder has made things significantly worse.
Palmer has “new tear” which means weeks out and possible surgery
“SPTC Sources heard late last night that Cole Palmer has picked up a further injury to the same groin that he has been struggling with since way before the Club World Cup,” he wrote on his Substack.
Palmer has been suffering “pain and discomfort” and has had painkilling injections before each game.
“Palmer should not have played against Manchester United at the weekend as a result of this further pain, sources have made that clear,” Phillips adds.
“Sources have heard that Palmer has a new tear in the same groin and we are looking at around 3-6 weeks out. This is as a result of further aggravation to the groin in the Bayern game.”
Surgery “is an option” but is not guaranteed for him yet. Chelsea are in big trouble, even in the best case scenario of Palmer missing a few weeks.
Its a big loss without the talisman . But the squad and team can cope enough as long they’re well manage . Stop favouring others players to play be fair , rotate the players and play them no matter who they play with . This manager has no clue how to materialize the team . All of them are talented and skillful . Play them through their strength not in manufacturing experimental that cause the team loss . Its time to play 3 man midfield than keep playing same tactics all the time . Caceido and Enzo tandem are already exposed , midfield inversion stop it . Start playing guiu upfront . Other tactics play jao tandem with Neto upfront and wingers are estavio at right wing and between garnacho and gitten in left wing . Play Acheampong from TB to CB and recall Anselmino to play in CB . Acquire tall CB and fast paced . Premier league are fast pace physical tournament . Changes tactics in any team to play with . Play guiu than George . Guiu is way ahead better to play upfront than George .
Well said mate. The bald Italian always fails to see that his clueless experiments are costing the team real bad.