Crystal Palace: Oliver Glasner confirms Eberechi Eze injury latest as Adam Wharton surgery decision made

Eze opened the scoring with a speedy header astatine Villa Park earlier limping disconnected conscionable 10 minutes aboriginal with a hamstring injury, and helium was rapidly followed by England team-mate Wharton arsenic the midfielder continues to woody with the effects of a lingering groin issue.

Glasner has present revealed that Eze volition decidedly miss Saturday’s sojourn to Wolves arsenic good arsenic different London derby with Fulham adjacent play - besides worryingly describing it arsenic “very ambitious” to person him backmost consecutive aft the upcoming planetary break.

Palace question to Villa again successful the top-flight connected November 23 earlier games against Newcastle, Ipswich, Manchester City and fierce rivals Brighton precede a Carabao Cup quarter-final showdown distant astatine Arsenal.

“He's injured,” Glasner said of Eze astatine his pre-Wolves property league connected Friday. “He has a hamstring wounded and we volition miss him for astatine slightest against Wolves and against Fulham. Then we person the planetary break, and past let’s see, but helium volition beryllium retired for those 2 games.

“There is anticipation [he volition instrumentality aft that], but it volition beryllium precise ambitious to person him backmost aft the planetary break. I cognize we person a large aesculapian section and helium volition enactment hard, truthful let’s see.”

Wharton has been bothered each play by a groin wounded suffered portion distant with England astatine Euro 2024 implicit the summertime and volition present acquisition country to close the problem, with Palace expecting him to beryllium sidelined for astir a period having been stewing connected the determination for a fig of weeks now.

“We took the last determination helium volition person country truthful helium won’t beryllium disposable for Wolves,” Glasner said. “He tried [to train] contiguous but there’s excessively overmuch symptom and it makes nary sense.

“He’s truly struggled the past weeks and months and truthful present we took the determination helium volition person surgery, and we anticipation to person him backmost after, let’s say, 4 weeks.”

Eze and Wharton articulation the likes of Matheus Franca and Chadi Riad successful a crowded Palace wounded room, portion Glasner confirmed that Joel Ward and Jefferson Lerma - who suffered a hamstring wounded against Tottenham connected Sunday - besides stay retired aft missing the triumph implicit Villa successful midweek.

“Joel Ward missed the Aston Villa game, but it’s not that serious,” the Austrian said. “He volition miss the Wolves crippled but should beryllium disposable against Fulham. Jefferson is besides out, astatine slightest until the planetary break.”

There was immoderate amended quality connected the wounded beforehand for Palace successful the imminent instrumentality of midfielder Cheick Doucoure up of docket aft a month-and-a-half retired with a toed problem, portion American defender Chris Richards is expected backmost successful grooming adjacent week.

“Cheick Doucoure volition beryllium backmost successful the squad possibly earlier than we expected,” Glasner added. “Of course, we’re missing galore players now. For sure, helium can’t beryllium astatine 100 per cent, but it’s important that he’s with us.

“Next week Chris Richards should bid with america if everything goes the close way, and that’s the affirmative news.”