Cole Palmer is placed on rest! Enzo Maresca tells Chelsea talisman to sit out games until after international break due to injury concerns
The injury comes at a galling time for Palmer, having hailed the club’s ability to go “toe-to-toe” with the best in the world after their narrow Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich.
He said: “The manager said to us before that he knows we can go toe-to-toe with anyone, and I think we showed that tonight despite the result.
“It’s a good learning curve for tonight and to be back in the competition is nice, so we just need to kick off from here.
“We’re not in this competition for it to be a learning curve for us. I feel like we showed tonight that we can compete and we want to do as best as we can.”
Palmer has now brought up a century of appearances for the Blues following his move from Manchester City back in 2023; he has a 10-year contract until 2033, so there is plenty of time for him to get back on the pitch and continue impacting games for the west London giants.
