Cole Palmer’s England commitment has been challenged by talkSPORT stalwart Adrian Durham.The Chelsea star was called up by Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel for upcoming UEFA Nations League games against Spain, Czechia and Croatia, which are live on talkSPORT.Palmer deserved his England recall but he’s one of five players to withdraw from Tuchel’s squadGettyIt marked the first time Tuchel had turned to the former Manchester City man since his 2026 World Cup snub.However, the 24-year-old has since withdrawn from the national team set-up despite playing the full 90 minutes in Friday’s 3-0 defeat at Brentford.Palmer is one of several who have pulled out of the squad, with Declan Rice, Tino Livramento, Kobbie Mainoo and Marcus Rashford all returning to the parent sides ‘due to respective injury issues’.Morgan Gibbs-White and James Garner have since been drafted into the England squad for the upcoming Nations League clashes.‘He was awful’Durham, though, wasn’t happy about Palmer’s decision to return to his parent side, voicing his displeasure on Hawksbee & Jacobs on Monday afternoon.“I am starting to question Cole Palmer’s commitment to England,” Durham began as Palmer was discussed.“14 caps, two goals. He’s played in one World Cup qualifier in his career, and in that he was awful away to Andorra [in June 2025].”Durham continued: “He’s played five times for England since the Euros when he scored in the final. England have had 28 games since the Euro final in 2024 [vs Spain].”Palmer failed to make Tuchel’s England squad in North America over the summer, and was one of a number of high-profile players, including Phil Foden and Harry Maguire, that were overlooked.Tuchel snubbed Palmer for a England call-up for the 2026 World CupGetty“I can accept if a player is not fully fit, I get that,” Durham added. “And if this is the case, that he has an injury that’s ruling him out, then fine, I totally get it.“I’ve got a lot of sympathy with injured players. But let me give you that stat again. He’s played in five England games since the Euro final. And that’s five out of 28.”Durham questions Palmer’s England desireDurham then demanded answers from Palmer, asking if he even wanted to play for England.“I’m questioning his commitment to England,” Durham said. “Does he really want to play for England? If you don’t, tell the world you don’t want to play for England.“Because just picking and choosing when you want to play for England is actually disrupting other number 10s like [Nottingham Forest’s] Morgan Gibbs-White, like [Fulham’s] Josh King, who might want to play for England.Durham has called Palmer’s England commitment into question following his withdrawalGetty“We’re all agreed Cole Palmer is a really good footballer. But, other than that goal in the Euro final, I’ve not really seen, on a consistent basis, any kind of quality or commitment from him.“So let’s have it from Cole Palmer. Do you want to play for England or do you not want to play for England?”‘Do one’Meanwhile, talkSPORT presenter Jamie O’Hara believes that Palmer should tell the Chelsea medical staff to ‘do one’ and represent his nation anyway.Speaking on Breakfast on Monday morning, the former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder said: “I’ve had medical staff try to turn around to me and say, ‘No, you should only play 60 minutes.“How about no? How about, ‘I’m in charge of my own destiny? I’m in charge of my football career. You ain’t in charge of my football career, I am.’“Then Cole Palmer has to be a man and say, ‘No, I’ve been out, I’ve missed out on the England squad. I’ve missed a World Cup last season because I was injured and I weren’t playing, and I come back and I weren’t fit.’“‘Now I am fit, and I’m ready to go and Thomas Tuchel called me up, I’m going, and if you say I’m not going, I’m still going. I’m getting in my car and I’m driving there to St George’s Park because I want to be involved with England.“‘And you can’t tell me some geezer who’s in charge of load management can tell me that I ain’t going to play for my country.’“Do one.”