Adam Wharton will undergo surgery on a hernia injury and the Crystal Palace star will miss most of November

Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton will undergo surgery on Sunday to correct a hernia injury.

The highly-rated 20-year-old has been struggling with injury since the start of the season, with Palace deciding to undergo surgery after he left the pitch earlier this week in the Carabao Cup win over Aston Villa.

Wharton has attracted the attention of Manchester City, Man United, Liverpool and Real Madrid with his progress since joining from Blackburn Rovers in January last year.

Palace are determined to keep the England international at least until the summer, but expect inquiries from elite clubs as Wharton continues to shine.

Their initial concern is to get him fit and ready for the Premier League as they look to build on last week’s 1-0 win at Tottenham, when Wharton was outstanding.

Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia injury

Wharton has been struggling with the injury throughout the season, but it picked up against Aston Villa in midweek.

Wharton was substituted just 27 minutes into Palace’s EFL Cup win at Villa Park

Three days earlier, Wharton had performed brilliantly in Palace’s 1-0 league victory over Spurs

With the international break in mind, they hope to have him back at the end of the month if all goes well when they face Aston Villa and Newcastle United.

Palace will also be without Eberechi Eze and Jefferson Lerma, who have suffered hamstring injuries.

Manager Oliver Glasner said: “A lot of managers talk about the same issues, especially when we look at our injured players – all those who played long tournaments in the summer, no holidays, no pre-season and then many, many games. .

There comes a time when the bill has to be paid, and we had to pay it in the last, two, three weeks, but it is what it is and we are still a strong squad.