MARC CUCURELLA’S BARBER, of all people, has leaked Chelsea’s team news for their crucial clash with Brighton.
The Spaniard’s barber posted the news to X earlier today, saying “Palmer & Joao Pedro both injured. There’s your exclusive” alongside a picture of Cucurella having his hair trimmed.
Marc Cucurella arriving at the Amex Stadium to take on his old club Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Incredibly, the news has now been confirmed with neither player in the match day squad.
Palmer is missing Chelsea’s trip with a hamstring injury, a huge blow to the Blues’ Champions League hopes.
The Chelsea and England number 10 hasn’t even travelled to the south coast, as Liam Rosenior’s attacking injury crisis has gone from bad to worse.
Palmer, 23, was not spotted getting off the team bus after there were concerns raised earlier in the day that he would be missing the game.
Palmer played the full match against Man Utd on Saturday.
It’s not the first time Chelsea have faced a problem with team news being leaked this season.
In both the home and away matches against PSG, team news was leaked by a mole before Liam Rosenior claimed the leak came from someone external to the club, not a player.
This time, that will be much harder to deny.
The injury comes at a terrible time for the Blues and Rosenior, who are in desperate need of a goal.
So, a starting line-up of Liam Delap, who hasn’t scored in his last 20 matches and Pedro Neto, who hasn’t scored in the Premier League at all in 2026, is hardly inspiring.
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