Maresca talks about Cole Palmer's return date

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·12. September 2025

Maresca talks about Cole Palmer's return date

The English boy is missed by the blue fans.

Maresca talks about Cole Palmer's return date

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The England international missed two Premier League matches before the September international break, and did not play a single minute with the England national team during the last international break.

In his final press conference with England coach Enzo Maresca, the Italian coach stressed that he must give the already talented English player more rest before allowing him to fully return to action.

Cole took part in part of training for the first time yesterday. We have another session this afternoon, and we’ll try to involve him, otherwise he’ll miss out again. Once he’s ready, we’ll need to manage his minutes carefully given the volume of matches.

Cole Palmer returned to training yesterday… ✅
– Freitag, 12. September 2025

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