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Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has launched a passionate defence of Cole Palmer and insists the club’s star player isn’t struggling physically.
Maresca was asked whether failing to return to Europe’s top competition could prompt players, chiefly Palmer who has scored 39 goals for the club since the start of last season, to agitate for a move away from west London.
Chelsea will hope to get their season back on track against bottom of the table Southampton this evening and Maresca expects Palmer to be to the fore despite concerns about the forward struggling physically.
AP Photo/Dave Shopland)] Ex-Liverpool defender Carragher made the claim in December following a 4-3 win at Spurs that nobody had outperformed Palmer over the course of the previous 18 months, but his performances, like that of his Chelsea side, have dipped ever since.
