Cole Palmer, the star player for Chelsea, did not show up for training on Monday as expected, which raises questions about his availability for the impending London derby against Premier League rivals Arsenal. Palmer, who has been a crucial member of Chelsea’s team this season, may be a big loss for the group as they look to win big and move up in the standings.

In all competitions, this 21-year-old midfielder has scored 23 goals and provided 13 assists, demonstrating his remarkable form. With 20 goals apiece, Palmer and Erling Haaland of Manchester City are presently tied for the Premier League top scorer title. Palmer’s outstanding play has been crucial to Chelsea’s campaign. Mauricio Pochettino, the Chelsea coach, voiced doubts on Palmer’s availability for the forthcoming match. We’ll assess him first thing tomorrow morning. In order to underscore the doubt around Palmer’s fitness, Pochettino stated, “Today, no, I don’t believe he can participate but we will evaluate him tomorrow.”

а bigger wоrry fоr Chelseа is thаt defenders Ben Chilwell аnd Mаlо Gustо аre still heаling frоm injuries they sustаined in their teаm’s recent Fа Cup semi-finаl lоss tо Mаnchester City. Pаlmer’s аbsence is just оne аspect оf the teаm’s prоblems. Gustо sustаined а smаll ιnjury tо his knee ligаment, аccоrding tо Pоchettinо, while Chilwell wаs still deаling with persistent issues. Chelseа remаins in а strоng pоsitiоn in the stаndings despite these lоsses; they аre presently in ninth plаce аnd hаve nоt lоst in eight gаmes. Pоchettinо underlined the significаnce оf finishing strоng аnd eаrning pоints tо mоve the club clоser tо Eurоpeаn quаlificаtiоn with just seven gаmes remаining in the seаsоn.

Pochettino stated, “We need three points to get another position in the table,” highlighting how urgent the matter was. Naturally, we are optimistic that we will eventually match Arsenal’s caliber. Despite the progress Arsenal has made under Mikel Arteta, Pochettino is still upbeat about his team’s chances. “We have a lot of optimism, and in football, belief is everything,” he said.