Sheffield Wednesday star making progress and reveals comeback hopes

‘Palms’ hasn’t featured in any of Xisco’s matches as manager so far following minor groin surgery shortly after the play-off final at Wembley, but during the preseason camp in Spain he was getting back on the ball as he closes in on a return to action, and there appears to be a chance that he could face Doncaster Rovers, Luton Town, or even both this week.

Wednesday take on Rovers this evening in their penultimate game before the 2023/24 Championship gets underway, with Luton coming to Hillsborough on Saturday ahead of Southampton’s visit on August 4^th.

It remains to be seen how things have gone for Palmer in training over the last couple of days since they return from their warm weather camp, but the player himself – speaking on the Owls Heaven podcast in Spain – seemed confident.

The defender explained, “Obviously I had the surgery not long after Wembley, then flew over to see a specialist in Germany. I had two weeks off my feet and then I’ve been back at it ever since. I wanted it to marry up with preseason, but the timings got cut short because of the Wembley exploits so I didn’t get it done as soon as I’d planned.

“I’m back running, doing a lot of ball work, I’m back with the team, so it’s about building on the non-contact phase which I’m hoping to do when I’m back (from Spain) and hopefully join in the next few preseason games.”