Ian Wright has delivered a glowing verdict on Chelsea’s Cole Palmer.
There were a few eyebrows raised when Chelsea paid Manchester City £40million (Sky Sports) in the summer to sign Cole Palmer.
However, if you fast-forward a few months to now, the 21-year-old attacker looks like a super impressive signing from the Blues.
He’s got five goals and four assists in 15 appearances for the London club. Also, a lot of the eye-catching play in Mauricio Pochettino’s side goes though him as a playmaker.
Chelsea have a breathtaking 21-year-old
Speaking on The Wright’s House podcast, Ian Wright singled out Palmer as a “breathtaking” player that Chelsea can build their team around.
He’s been amazed by how quickly the English youngster has established himself as vital in the Blues line-up at Stamford Bridge.
Wright said: “Apart from Cole Palmer, who they got out from the Under-23s at City and he’s at Chelsea as the leading man says everything you need to know about Chelsea in the current climate.
“And he is somebody that is like unbelievable, he’s breathtaking how he’s come into a club of that size a a player that had played a handful of games for City.
“To come in and he’s now leading the charge at Chelsea, they now need to be starting to think about building the team around him.”
Cole Palmer is unbelievable
Chelsea supporters are watching yet another frustrating season unfold in front of their eyes, but Palmer’s definitely one of the big positives to emerge.
He’s now a senior England international after a bright impact at club level, so we expect him to keep going from strength to strength.
Speaking via Amazon Prime Sport earlier this month, Pochettino suggested that Chelsea are already putting too much responsibility on Palmer’s young shoulders.
Unfortunately, the Blues really need some youngsters in a very inexperienced group to come good a bit quicker than normal.
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