Chelsea boss Alonso insists Palmer is committed to England despite withdrawals

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/palmer-cole/h8agbDt7/"]Palmer[/a], left ‌out of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a]'s World Cup squad ‌this year after a persistent groin injury ‌affected his form, was called up ‌by Thomas Tuchel for Nations League fixtures against Spain, the Czech Republic and Croatia.[/p][p]However, ‌Palmer was forced to pull ⁠out of the ‌squad due to a recurrence of the ​issue, with Tuchel saying the 24-year-old "misses too many opportunities" to play ​in an England shirt.[/p][p]Asked about Tuchel's comments on Friday, Alonso told reporters:[b] "The most ⁠important thing ​for Cole is to be fully fit, that he enjoys his game, that he is feeling OK.[/b][/p][embed guid="614b03af-dffb-44ee-953f-c8b1f9bf2666" url="https://x.com/ChelseaFC/status/2108582833551741405" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"Whenever he is not, ‌like in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a] game, we could see that he was struggling. He's committed but he needs to be fully fit to play. We need him - the club and the national team,"[/b] the Spaniard added.[/p][p]He was speaking ahead of a Premier League meeting with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]‌Bournemouth[/a].[/p][p][b]"Now he's fine. He's been feeling ​better this week. We use the ‌first two weeks for him to recover. It's a little bit from the pubalgia (groin injury) he had."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a], 10th in the Premier League standings, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bournemouth-OtpNdwrc/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/?mid=8I6zQB5t"]host ⁠17th-placed Bournemouth ⁠later on Saturday.[/a][/p][infobox id="02b45e73-9abc-454d-882a-650a1a621f7d" /]