Crystal Palace set for major Adam Wharton injury boost despite withdrawing from England U21 squad | OneFootball

Eagles midfielder hopes to face Leicester after international break

Crystal Palace hope Adam Wharton will still be fit to face Leicester later this month after he dropped out of the England Under-21 squad with a groin injury.

But Palace are optimistic Wharton will be available when they host Leicester at Selhurst Park on September 14 in their first game after the international break.

Wharton was a surprise omission from Lee Carsley’s first England senior squad before being selected for the U21s.

But he has now pulled out of their games against Northern Ireland and Austria.

“Since he came back from the Euros, he has had some issues with his body — not big issues but a little bit here, a little bit there”, Glasner said at the weekend.

“He's not in his top fitness level. He's been training with us for three weeks but hasn't been able to do every single training.”

Carsley said last week of leaving Wharton out of his squad: “I thought about him long and hard. He was a player we watched a lot last season.

“He’s a player who will be really important to us in the future. I think it will be good for him to go and have a few games for the U21s.”

Wharton joined Palace from Blackburn Rovers in January and made his England debut in June before being an unused substitute throughout their run to the final of Euro 2024.