Crystal Palace: Oliver Glasner sends Trevoh Chalobah warning amid Chelsea recall rumours | OneFootball

Blues are considering bringing defender back to ease injury crisis

Trevoh Chalobah will be left out of the Crystal Palace squad to face Leicester if manager Oliver Glasner feels uncertainty over his future is in danger of becoming a distraction.

Chelsea are considering recalling Chalobah from his year-long loan at Palace six month early in order to bolster defensive numbers, after hamstring injuries to Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile left them short of centre-backs, and they are

Speaking more on the situation, the Austrian said: “I cannot tell you details of the contract. It’s not for the public. But there is uncertainty at the moment.

“Everyone wants and needs clarity when you play a Premier League game. You cannot be thinking all day about different things. You cannot be getting ready at 7pm in the evening for Premier League games.

Trevoh Chalobah could be left out of Palace’s clash with Leicester

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“Every player has to be focused on what he has to do, the plan, what we want to do. If I think this is in danger, then I have to take a decision. That is just the situation.”

Meanwhile, midfielder Adam Wharton is into his second week of individualised training on the grass as he approaches a return to action at the end of the month or in early February.

Wharton underwent groin surgery in November following a persistent injury picked up in training with England at Euro 2024, but the surgery did not cure the pain he was feeling in his hip and groin, so he is yet to return to full training.

“Last week is the first time he was on the grass again,” Glasner revealed on Tuesday.

“We are always increasing the load. We have to always look at the reaction of his body, after he has been out for three months. It looks pretty good at the moment. Fingers are crossed that it continues like that and that he can train with us and play with us again.”