Marc Cucurella hopes Cole Palmer stays on the bench in Euro 2024 final

July 12, 2024La Liga

Marc Cucurella has said he hopes Chelsea team-mate Cole Palmer stays on the bench in Sunday’s Euro 2024 final.

The 25-year-old is preparing for arguably the biggest game of his career and has been a standout performer not just for Spain, but at the tournament as well.

Cucurella has started every game apart from the final group game against Albania which he was rested for, and the Spanish have been the in form side in Germany, winning all six of their matches.

Cucurella hopes Palmer stays on the bench

The former Brighton man could come up against Chelsea team-mates Palmer and Conor Gallagher in the showpiece event in Berlin, which is Spain’s first major final since 2012.

Palmer has had to bide his time in Germany after being overlooked for the first two games, but has featured from the bench in the subsequent four games, and set up Ollie Watkins’ dramatic last minute winner against the Dutch.

Cucurella is one game away from being a European Champion.

Cucurella knows all to well the quality Palmer possesses having experienced it first hand at Chelsea last season, and speaking ahead of the final he said he’d been in contact with the 22-year-old and hoped that he remained on the bench.

“I spoke with him, but it was over a week ago, we talked for a while in the previous rounds,” Cucurella told Mundo Deportivo.

“For me, it’s much better if he doesn’t play and stays on the bench.”