Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella teased that Cole Palmer broken his toe while playing video games.
The England playmaker has been sidelined since September with a nagging groin issue which had already derailed his involvement over the opening weeks of the new season. The expectation was that Palmer would be in contention to face Barcelona for Tuesday’s Champions League only for his return to be delayed in the most unexpected of circumstances.
Enzo Maresca revealed on Friday that his star player had broken his toe after stubbing it against a door. The Chelsea boss did not divulge any specific details, writing it off as “an accident at home” but Cucurella has shed some more light on the situation.
“To be fair, I don’t know. He’s running because I think it’s a FIFA game or something like this, I think,” the Spain international revealed this week.
Cucurella was just as stunned as the rest of the public to learn of Palmer’s latest setback. “To be fair, I couldn’t believe it,” the left back reflected.
“It’s true that these things can happen sometimes. We have a couple of times these things, but I’m stronger than them so I don’t feel anything!
“It’s a big upset for us, because he [Palmer] was near to playing with us and train with us. Now he needs to rest. But it’s part of life, a part of football. We have a personal life and have these kinds of problems. Hopefully he can recover fast.”
