{"id":11979,"date":"2026-11-07T17:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T17:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/alonso-backs-palmer-following-latest-england-omission\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T17:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T17:15:53","slug":"alonso-backs-palmer-following-latest-england-omission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/alonso-backs-palmer-following-latest-england-omission\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso Backs Palmer Following Latest England Omission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea head coach Xabi Alonso has thrown his full support behind Cole Palmer following the forward\u2019s latest omission from the England national team, urging the 24-year-old to focus entirely on his club football.<\/p>\n<p>England manager Thomas Tuchel opted to leave Palmer out of his squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League fixtures against Croatia and Spain. The German coach previously noted in September that Palmer had missed \u201ctoo many opportunities\u201d with the Three Lions after withdrawing due to injury, a theme he revisited during Friday\u2019s squad announcement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/u-23-eagles-beat-third-division-side-grassrunners-3-1-in-final-warm-up-game-ahead-of-dr-congo-tie\/\">U-23 Eagles Beat Third Division Club Grassrunners 3-1 In Final Warm-up Game Ahead Of DR Congo Tie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Palmer, who was also omitted from England\u2019s World Cup squad, has endured a mixed start to the campaign at Stamford Bridge. Despite contributing five goals and three assists in 11 matches across all competitions, forming a productive attacking line alongside Morgan Rogers and Jo\u00e3o Pedro, the playmaker was sent off in a 2\u20130 loss to Tottenham last month and has not scored from open play in the Premier League since August.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of Chelsea\u2019s upcoming fixture, Alonso brushed aside national team selection debates to praise his player\u2019s overall contribution.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy with his quality, attitude, and the impact he\u2019s having on the rest of the team,\u201d Alonso said. \u201cWe speak about Chelsea; we have enough on our plate. We have to focus each weekend, and that\u2019s what I can impact and talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-japan-ready-to-make-history-against-flamingos-yotsumoto\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Japan Ready to Make History Against Flamingos \u2013 Yotsumoto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Palmer has managed just five caps for England since scoring in the Euro 2024 final against Spain, but Alonso remains focused on maximizing his potential in West London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs to focus on playing good football and enjoy playing with Chelsea,\u201d Alonso added. \u201cWe spoke about the red card after the Spurs game, but most of the things apart from that are about the game, football, and what we can do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea head coach Xabi Alonso has thrown his full support behind Cole Palmer following the forward\u2019s latest omission from the England national team, urging the 24-year-old to focus entirely on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}