Cole Palmer will be available for Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Manchester United on Saturday, despite being sent off in the club’s 2‑0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. The England midfielder received two yellow cards in the second half of the match at Stamford Bridge, the second of which was for a foul on Conor Gallagher after an earlier caution for an off‑the‑ball incident involving Mateus Fernandes. The double booking triggered a one‑match ban.
Under Premier League rules, a red card normally forces a player to miss the next league fixture. However, the ban will be served in the following domestic competition rather than the next league game. Consequently, Palmer will miss Chelsea’s fourth‑round EFL Cup tie against Liverpool on Wednesday night at Anfield. The suspension will be lifted in time for the Blues’ Premier League encounter with United, which takes place three days later.
Chelsea’s management confirmed that the player will be fit to travel to Manchester for the United match, allowing the side to field him in the top‑flight game after the cup tie. The club’s decision follows the standard policy that red‑card suspensions are applied across all domestic competitions, whereas yellow‑card accumulations are confined to the competition in which they are earned.