There appears to be strong discussions going on in the Honduran national squad over the fitness of Luis Palma.
The Celtic winger played an important role in Friday’s 2-0 win over Mexico on Friday night but picked up a knock which hasn’t quite been fully disclosed.
Mexico host Honduras tonight looking to overturn the first leg scoreline in order to reach next year’s Copa America.
A fully fit Palma would clearly be a boost for Honduras but their media sources are involved in a guessing game over whether the Celtic winger will start the match which kicks off in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Celtic Park Time.
Honduran site Deportes TVC reports:
The Honduran player Luis Palma set off the alarms in the Honduran National Team prior to the duel against Mexico in the definition of the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League for a pass to the Copa América 2024 .
According to information that Deportes TVC has been able to learn, Palma is a doubt for the second leg of the Bicolor Nacional against the Aztecas as he was not fully recovered in the previous match.
Palma had a talk with Rueda in training where they discussed how he was feeling after the knock he had in the first leg, after the Honduran player was injured after a brush with the Mexican Jorge Sánchez .
“He had a talk with Reinaldo Rueda in training for around 10 minutes, the medical team says that he is ready to play, but I have doubts that Luis Palma will start due to the fact that he is not 100% ready to start,” said Jorge Fermán, special envoy of Deportes TVC from Mexico.
In circumstances where there is a doubt over a players fitness most international manager’s would leave the player out, respecting who pay the wages month by month.
It seems that Palma’s recent form is so good that the Honduran management team want to give him every opportunity to play.
Wednesday should be a travel day for Palma, returning to Glasgow via London with Celtic fans hoping that he returns fit and well for the busy period running trough to the international break after playing St Mirren on January 2.
They (Honduras) won’t give a continental Fcuk about wheather he gets injured or not…
They just want him to get them through an important match for them –
And they don’t give a continental Fcuk for Celtic or Celtic paying his wages for an injury on his watch…
There again neither do an international football association much closer to home –
While he wasn’t injured – Cal-Mac playing 89’ minutes in two dead rubber matches…
What the actual Fcuk was that all about – apart from hoping for burnout with the intense number off games coming up while Ryan Jack sits rested and safe on the bench –
When the Romanian thug ended John Kennedy’s career Bertie Vogts the Scotland manager of the time was very blasé and dismissive, just shrugging his shoulders and muttering “These things happen”
I don’t agree with anything David Murray ever did (well apart from killing Rangers) deceased (c.2012) but he was bang on in fighting The SFA for wages that he (actually the taxpayers) were paying The Rangers (deceased c.2012) players who got injured on International duty with Scotland !