Cole Palmer - Chelsea's great bargain

Cole Palmer is Chelsea's "closed" contract for the 2023 summer transfer period and there are not too many expectations for him. But the young British star is the most impressive rookie at Stamford Bridge this season.

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Since being taken over by billionaire Todd Boehly, Chelsea has spent a lot of money to recruit soldiers, hoping to soon return to the number 1 position in the English Premier League. The figure has so far reached more than 1 billion euros. Among them, Enzo Fernandez is the biggest contract with a transfer fee of up to 121 million euros, followed by Moises Caicedo (116 million euros)... In Chelsea's current squad, Cole Palmer is only ranked 10th on the list. List of the most expensive contracts.

Chelsea paid Man City £42.5 million to get the services of the England international, meaning less than half the amount invested in Enzo Fernandez or Caicedo. Notably, Cole Palmer was not initially part of the Blues' shopping plans. It was only when their midfielder Mateo Kovacic transferred to Man City that the London team had the idea of bringing this young star to Stamford Bridge.

Cole Palmer was not highly appreciated when he first arrived at Chelsea

However, Cole Palmer is the player with the greatest influence on Chelsea's playing style this season. Needless to say, in the Blues' breathtaking 3-2 victory over Newcastle early on the morning of March 12, the 21-year-old English player was the hero. The former Man City star shined at Stamford Bridge with a "set-up" for striker Nicolas Jackson to open the scoring. Then, he directly scored at the beginning of the second half to put the home team up 2-1.

Cole Palmer can play in many different positions in midfield, even playing well as a wing striker. At Chelsea this season, he was mainly arranged by coach Mauricio Pochettino to play as a right winger in the home team's 4-2-3-1 formation. What this 21-year-old player has shown at Stamford Bridge since the beginning of the season until now is extremely impressive. Including the recent match against Newcastle, Cole Palmer was involved in 19 Chelsea goals in the Premier League.

Specifically, he had a total of 8 successful passes and 11 goals. Please emphasize that in Chelsea's scoring list in the Premier League 2023/24, it is not expected strikers like Raheem Sterling, Nicolas Jackson or Christopher Nkunku, but Palmer is ranked No. 1. If calculated in In Europe's top 5 national leagues this season, no U21 player has contributed to more home team goals than Cole Palmer.

To see Cole Palmer's excellence in the Chelsea shirt this season, let's make a comparison as follows: Up to the present time of the season, both of MU's young stars, Rasmus Hojlund and Alejandro Garnacho, "cooperate". ” also only participated in a total of 17 goals of the "Red Devils", of which the first person had his shoe mark in 9 goals of the home team and the other person had 8. That means, their achievements are still modest. costs much more than Cole Palmer alone.

Cole Palmer is Chelsea's most successful signing this season

That's why Chelsea coach Pochettino was full of praise for Cole Palmer when he saw him receive the "Best Player of the Match" award in his team's 3-2 win over Newcastle: "He's great." "Cole Palmer is improving and maturing day by day and he shows no signs of stopping. Chelsea is very lucky to own this talented player."

Up to now, it can be affirmed that Cole Palmer's decision to leave Man City to join Chelsea in the summer of 2023 is extremely wise. If he continues to stay at Etihad, perhaps the young British star will still be just a super sub. In a recent interview, coach Pep Guardiola himself had to admit this. He said: "The decision to leave is good for Cole Palmer. Congratulations to Chelsea and him."