Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca is now set to sit down for a meeting with the medical staff to determine the fitness of one star.
The Blues have become heavily reliant on Cole Palmer to be the main source of creativity and goals in this team and even though they have signed new players to help him out more this season, in previous seasons he has kind of become the one man band in that sense and it has very much been Cole Palmer FC at times.
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So he is a hugely important player to this team and to Maresca, and without him, there would be major concerns.
But the reality is, Chelsea could be without Cole Palmer for an amount of time coming up because he is struggling with a reoccurring injury that will not seem to go away.
Palmer limped off after 20 minutes against Manchester United in their defeat their on Saturday night, speaking fresh concern about his injury.
Maresca spoke at Chelsea’s pre-match press conference for the Lincoln game tonight and it looks like some embargoed quotes have now come out on Palmer.
A meeting to be had
Maresca has revealed that a meeting will be held to discuss the best course of action as the club manage their star player’s fitness.
“We need to protect Cole, for sure,†Maresca said. “Not only Cole, in my personal view, because of the Club World Cup and because we never stop.
“We need to manage and protect different players. For sure, Cole is one of them. Another one is Moi [Moises Caicedo].
“Joao Pedro, also. Since he joined us, he’s playing every game. The solution with Cole, I don’t know.â€
Maresca added: “Now we have a meeting with the medical staff and we decide the best solution for him. But it’s also a kind of injury that is not like black and white.
“It’s not an injury that some day you can be better. It’s not that you are playing and tomorrow you disappear.
“Sometimes you can be better, sometimes you can be worse. That’s why we need to manage day by day.â€
Maresca also questioned his lack of defenders
Maresca also lamented that injuries mean he will likely have to play Tosin Adarabioyo, Wesley Fofana or Trevoh Chalobah in tonigt’s game.
“I would love to rest both of them because they deserve to rest,†Maresca said of Chalobah and Tosin.
“The problem is that we also have Wes Fofana playing after a long time. So if we rest Tosin, if we rest Trev, and if we rest Wes, probably I need to play some part of the game!
“We don’t have defenders, so some of them need to play.
Quotes via The Evening Standard.
Stop making excuses …. You messed up this talented team . I don’t understand why you keep playing midfield insertion which you have a decent midfielder that can play . Three man midfield can makes this team stronger than insertion midfield . Acheampong ready to deputise James . Gusto is a wing back not a RB . You said no defender why on earth you allowed Sarr and Anselmino to depart as a loanee . Those two young defenders are decent quality defender if you only play them regularly for development and you trusted them . Stopped making excuses . Your tactics not good and your selection making not good enough . Strasbourg manager is better than you . He executed his tactics well from defence to offence . You maresca might good in training but not in real game . Don’t waste the talent of this group of young players .
Maresca is not a premier League manager, but a championship. The match against moribund Man U exposed him, with is panic changes,after Sanchez red card. Imagine him withdrawing all the attacking threats. His selection is always the problem with Chelsea. Couple with his side ways passing slow build up. The only time he played direct was when he played PSG in world club cup final. Maresca leave our darling team now,so we could start contending for trophies like EPL, champions league etc. leave now Enzo Maresca,go.
For me I don’t trust marisca when it comes to selections against Buyern why he play James in midfield without satos
Enzo maresca to be honestly speaking you are not serious about your job anymore can you imagine you hardly won Lincoln from championship…
Come on what is going
Where is Alexis … We both knows that Alex is very good… In the absence of crocodile we can manage agama lizard Come on
Alexis is manageable
Come on go for Alexis and stop developing hatred on him.
Even Raheem sterling we also need him in some matches
Enzo maresca please please please please stop undergrading our club please….
Every season you can’t win EPL every season we can’t win EPL that is what you always said come on when are we winning the EPL