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Cole Palmer (Source: X)
Cole Palmer has been one of the best players in the English Premier League so far, irrespective of the performance of his team Chelsea, the English winger has performed really well individually scoring 20 goals and is the joint-highest leading goal scorer alongside Erling Haaland. The Blues forward has been in red-hot form in the season for the club, he has scored two back-to-back hattricks against Manchester United and Everton.
Palmer who came from the academy of Manchester City helped the Blues win the treble last season. He was a crucial member of the side. participating in 25 games. He left the defending PL champions asking for more game time from coach Pep Guardiola. The 21-year-old scored in the Community Shield and UEFA Super Cup finals and City was not been able to provide him with the role he wanted.
He left the club and on the deadline day, the winger signed a seven-year deal with Chelsea and has been a game-changer at Stamford Bridge. Due to his amazing performance so far he might be under the eye of England National Team head coach Gareth Southgate with the Euros 2024 coming up in just a couple of months time.
Cole Palmer reveals shocking fact about Pep Guardiola
The winger did not want to permanently leave the Sky Blues and join at Stamford Bridge, instead, he wanted to move out on loan, but Guardiola did not give Palmer the option of moving out as a loanee. He said in an interview with Daily Mail "Initially I didn’t want to leave. I said I would go on loan and play for a year so I was ready for first-team football more because I didn’t play a lot of minutes [last season]."
Guardiola in February, Guardiola said 'you’re either staying or you’re getting sold' and he understands why the winger wanted more minutes but pointed out the world-class players he had been competing with. The coach accepted that he did not provide the playing minutes otherwise he would have stayed with club. Palmer will be up against his former side in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.