Cole Palmer INJURY LATEST! | Enzo Maresca RULES OUT Chelsea star

Football

Year2025

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Vote for us in the 'Best in Video' category at the Football Content Awards 💚👇 footballcontentawards.com/voting Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca rules out Cole Palmer for a period of time as the Blues star battles an ongoing groin problem. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:01 We decided to protect a little bit Cole in terms of his injuries not getting worse. We decided to rest him for the next two or three weeks before the international break to see if he can recover 100% and be fully fit from the international break. 0:52 I don't think he needs surgery. It's a matter of managing his pain in his groin, with the amount of games, it is something that can happen. 1:25 We have Tosin injured and will probably be out until international break. He has a small problem in his calf. Wes Fofana had concussion against Lincoln, and the rest are okay. Romeo and Benoit are better. We will see if they can join us tomorrow. 2:12 I think Robert for a long time was very good with us. The last part of last season, the beginning of this season, he was fantastic. He made a mistake and recognised that. We are happy with Robert and happy with Filip, both of them. Not any problem with Robert. 3:00 It can happen [the red card]. It's a quick decision. We conceded five goals because of Robert's mistakes last season but how many did we avoid because of Robert's saves? 3:50 Enzo can play in different positions for us. He can play as a No.6, an attacking midfielder. We use him for 90% of our games as an attacking midfielder. He's very good in that position. The reason why he can have some good and bad moments is probably because of the amount of games. 5:25 The balance of the game, the balance of the team. Marc is working well and for sure, he will get some chances. 6:04 Buonanotte as Palmer’s replacement? 6:31 We said that with Cole we are a better team but we need to play games without Cole. We are going to play with 11 players, for sure, and we will find a different solution. 7:38 It's a bit early to think that next week defines the se