Tuchel says injury absences have limited Palmer’s England opportunities
England manager Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer has missed too many opportunities to impress at international level because of repeated injuries. Palmer was among five players who withdrew from England’s latest squad, which was selected after he was omitted from the team that reached the World Cup semi-finals.
England manager Thomas Tuchel has said Cole Palmer’s repeated injury absences have limited the Chelsea playmaker’s opportunities to establish himself with the national team. Palmer was one of five players to withdraw from England’s latest squad before the group began training. Tuchel said the absence represented another missed chance for the player to demonstrate his ability in camp.
“For sure it’s a missed opportunity,” Tuchel said before England’s match against world champions Spain on Saturday. He added that Palmer had missed too many camps because of injuries. Tuchel said he wanted to rely on what he personally witnessed within the England team.
In his view, Palmer needed to attend camps consistently for the manager to assess him directly. Palmer had appeared to be making a strong case for selection with an encouraging start to Chelsea’s new campaign. However, he was among the headline omissions from Tuchel’s World Cup squad, despite England reaching the semi-finals.
England were eliminated after conceding late in a 1-0 match against Argentina, according to the report. Spain subsequently defeated Argentina and went on to win the final. Tuchel also identified creating chances against Spain as England’s principal challenge.
He said Spain had conceded only once at the World Cup and described the team as complete, while insisting England wanted to challenge that record.
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