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title: "Palace want Loftus-Cheek to have surgery but Chelsea disagree"
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author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Crystal Palace News"
published: "2018-02-26T09:28:25Z"
modified: "2018-02-26T09:28:25Z"
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# Palace want Loftus-Cheek to have surgery but Chelsea disagree

Crystal Palace have been dealt another injury blow with reports suggesting the club have clashed with Chelsea over Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s ankle injury.

According to the Times, as reported by the [Daily Star](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/684393/Chelsea-Crystal-Palace-Premier-League-Ruben-Loftus-Cheek-Roy-Hodgson-Antonio-Conte), Palace want the player to undergo surgery to speed up his recovery, however, Chelsea want the injury to heal naturally, without any surgical procedures.

Loftus-Cheek has since returned to Chelsea to undergo his rehabilitation from the injury, having not featured since the club’s 3-2 defeat at home to Arsenal.

![Dan Istitene/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readcrystalpalace.com/readcrystalpalace/sites/17/2018/02/888869576.jpg)

The midfielder is said to be growing increasingly frustrated with his condition and believes the chances of him making Gareth Southgate’s World Cup squad are diminishing.

Loftus-Cheek had impressed during the first half of the season for Palace, so much so Southgate handed him his first England appearance in a friendly against Germany.

Reports have suggested the player had an outside chance of making the squad this summer, but the ankle injury appears to have scuppered his chances.