Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca insists Cole Palmer is NOT safe from being dropped – and reveals what the England star needs to “improve”.

Cole Palmer must do more to avoid missing games – Chelsea manager adds not even his England superstar is safe from elimination.

As strange as it may sound, given Palmer’s reliability since signing for £42.5 million from Manchester City and his ability to become Chelsea’s match-winner at the drop of a hat, some fans are calling for Joao Felix to do more in his 22 years Old creator gets chances.

That outcry followed Chelsea’s 0-0 draw at Everton, when they missed out on progress to the top of the table and Felix was left out as a substitute. Maresca addressed the situation ahead of Thursday’s game against Fulham and said of Palmer’s injury: “In these moments he still needs to improve.”

“Especially because when you get frustrated you lose focus on the game. Certainly he will understand more from game to game about how to move when played man-to-man.

“We already protected him in the Conference League, that’s why he wasn’t in the squad.” That’s why he always starts in the Premier League.

“(Wesley) Fofana always started in the Premier League because he didn’t play in the Conference and (Romeo) Lavia is the same. “But that doesn’t mean they will always play.”

Enzo Maresca says Cole Palmer needs to do more to avoid being forced into anonymity in human games

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Asked if Palmer would always play, having started every Premier League game under him, Maresca said: “I make the decision game by game.” Goals and assists and how he helps us. He and Nicolas (Jackson), not only do they score goals, but they also help us improve our pressing and our intensity.”

Meanwhile, Maresca suggested that next month he would authorize the sale of any players who tell him they want to leave, although he does not know whether Christopher Nkunku will express a desire to leave the club.

Nkunku played second fiddle to Jackson and Maresca said: “The focus is on the Fulham game. “We’re not thinking about players wanting to leave.

“If they knock on the door and want to leave, I’m not going to say, ‘No, you have to stay here 100 percent.'” If they want to leave, it’s best for everyone that the players who are unhappy leave .

“We like Christo and want him here and there will always be players who are unhappy and some who ask to leave in January.” I’m not sure if that’s the case with Christo or any other player will be. “We want to keep them here because we are happy with them.”

Maresca spoke to his former boss Pep Guardiola on the phone on Monday and said it makes him laugh when critics claim City’s manager is finished.

“Absolutely, 100 percent,” Maresca said, finding it all amusing. “Pep is completely calm and knows exactly what happened there.” If you are involved in football you can see that this is not normal given the number of injuries.

“But the one thing we know in football is that because of their situation, people wait for something bad to happen so they can be happy.” When you see someone being so successful season after season, that’s what people say The moment he fails, he likes to say, “Ah, look, he’s not good enough.” But I don’t think that’s the right thing to do.”