Chelsea taking Cole Palmer’s injury ‘day by day’ as Maresca hopeful of avoiding surgery

By: The Associated Press Posted: 7:24 AM CDT Monday, Sep. 22, 2025

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea is managing Cole Palmer’s fitness “day by day” and does not yet believe the playmaker needs surgery on his troublesome groin injury, manager Enzo Maresca said Monday.

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LONDON (AP) — Chelsea is managing Cole Palmer’s fitness “day by day” and does not yet believe the playmaker needs surgery on his troublesome groin injury, manager Enzo Maresca said Monday.

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LONDON (AP) — Chelsea is managing Cole Palmer’s fitness “day by day” and does not yet believe the playmaker needs surgery on his troublesome groin injury, manager Enzo Maresca said Monday.

The England star was forced off in the 21st minute of the 2-1 loss to Manchester United on Saturday with a recurrence of a problem that led to him missing Premier League games against West Ham and Fulham before the international break.

Maresca said Chelsea’s medical staff were still assessing Palmer’s latest setback.

Chelsea's Cole Palmer gestures after Bayern's Harry Kane scored his side's third goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Chelsea at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

“It is more day by day, week by week, game by game, to see how he is and decide what we do,” said the Italian coach, who was speaking a day before Chelsea plays third-tier Lincoln in the English League Cup.

Pushed if that meant Palmer might require an operation, Maresca said: “The medical staff, they didn’t mention to me about surgery until today.

“Now I don’t know if it will be in the next days or the next weeks but I don’t think so to be honest.”