{"id":806,"date":"2026-04-22T15:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=806"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:36:21","slug":"updates-on-cole-palmer-joao-pedro-4-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Updates On Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro &#038; 4 Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<nav class=\"c-post-article-pagination\"><\/nav>\n<p><strong>Chelsea attacking midfielder Cole Palmer did not feature against Brighton due to a minor hamstring injury.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the build-up to the <strong>3-0 defeat<\/strong> at the Amex, Liam Rosenior hinted that the player is also a doubt for the match at Wembley against Leeds:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCole has had some tightness in his hamstring, which he\u2019s been carrying for a while. So, he\u2019s going to be out for this game, and we\u2019ll see how he moves on for this FA Cup semi-final.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t take a risk on hamstring injuries, as there is a chance that Palmer could make it worse and be out for several months, so don\u2019t expect him to feature on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected Return Date \u2013 Monday 4th May vs Nottingham Forest (h)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Jo\u00e3o Pedro<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076062280\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>The Brazilian international has missed the last two matches against Manchester United and Brighton with a thigh issue.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior expressed hope that Pedro would be back for the match on Tuesday, but he ultimately conceded that the player wouldn\u2019t be ready:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoao Pedro will be good for Sunday. But this game is too close for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the looks of things, the 24-year-old should be back in contention this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected Return Date \u2013 Sunday 26th April vs Leeds (n)<\/strong><\/p>\n<nav class=\"c-post-article-pagination\"><\/nav>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea attacking midfielder Cole Palmer did not feature against Brighton due to a minor hamstring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}