The 21-year-old was acquired by Chelsea for £45 million after impressing at Manchester City to open the season.
So what did Mauricio Pochettino have to say about Cole Palmer, a product of the Manchester City academy? Look at this…
What’s the backstory?
Well, many questioned Chelsea’s choice to invest £45 million for a player who had only appeared in five Premier League games prior to joining the club.
After a few impressive cameos from the bench, Palmer has now excelled in back-to-back starts for the Blues. Even recently, some Chelsea supporters alleged that Todd Boehly “robbed” Manchester City.
Whether or not you concur, Pochettino is undoubtedly happy with the way his deadline-day signing is going.
He’s doing incredibly well, the Argentine told Sky Sports. Against Brighton and Nottingham Forest, he had some playing time. Carney is still recovering, while Noni got hurt. We choose to give him the green light to begin. Young and very talented. We are assured.
Palmer provided the assist for Armando Broja to make it 2-0 as Chelsea defeated Fulham on Monday night to earn just their second Premier League victory of the 2023–24 season.
Cole Palmer’s sale by Manchester City was still the right move.
Palmer has had a strong start to life at Stamford Bridge, but we think Manchester City made the right decision in accepting the £45 million offer for him.
After letting Palmer to leave, Pep Guardiola has already begun to deploy Oscar Bobb, another academy graduate, and the Norwegian is capable of being just as good as the England Under-21 international.
The majority of that £45 million fee was also used to purchase Jeremy Doku from Rennes earlier in the summer transfer window. Doku cost £55.5 million and has outperformed the Chelsea No. 20 this year.
Manchester City may therefore be at ease with their choice.
