Didn’t pep say that Palmer asked to leave?
He looks like a good player, but all of his goals have been penalties. No way would he get in City’s team. Still great business by them
bruh if they’re offering 43m or whatever chelsea paid for an untested academy product with little to no PL experience even city can be tempted by that. would’ve loved to see him succeed at city but gotta admit i was stoked for him when he scored the penalty and the performance he put in
Went to the better club
The comments on here when we signed him
Pep was extremely generous with Palmer’s minutes, Palmer just wasn’t good enough in those minutes.
There was that famous interview after he scored in the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup when he said ‘Prem soon come’ (rough translation: “my first goal in the Premier League will come soon”).
And that was two years ago. We kept waiting for him to step up in the league and he wasn’t showing the required level. Even now he’s never scored a league goal from open play, so I think it’s far too soon to suggest he’ll make us regret letting him go.
He’s an ugly fucker tho
He aint better than Silva, Doku, Alvarez, KDB, Grealish. So it was a good trade for all sides.
He’s better than grealish and foden. Rest sure, he’s younger than all of them though
Mate don’t disrespect Foden and Grealish like that. Palmers a decent player and a good kid, but he’s nowhere near their level yet.
man i support chelsea and even i can’t support that take. grealish and foden are unreal, palmer definitely has the ceiling potential tho
not just that, i’d rather see Oscar Bobb get game time.
Tbf Doku hasn’t shown anything this season to warrant that. Palmer has been better than him imo but the others you’re right. Doku doesn’t seem that good when I watch him. Granted I haven’t seen a lot but the little I’ve seen has been unimpressive
Ffs doku is fucking terrifying defences left right and centre. You can tell you’ve not seen much of him. Palmer is a good player. Still very raw.
Doku has been a breath of fresh air. One of the most direct attacking players I’ve ever seen. He has some work to do on playing a bit more within Pep’s system, but he’s been pretty great and pretty quickly so. He just played a game where he got like 3 assists.
1 goal 4 ass.
Crazy numbers. He’s been so powerful at drawing in and beating defenders that break down stubborn defences.
He’s getting a lot of play time at the moment but I wonder what happens when Nkunku is back fit and firing.
I know Sterling has been up and down as well but he at least brings a decent bit of pace to an otherwise slower side. I guess both his and Palmer’s jobs could be up for grabs if Nkunku starts hot.
They will all get chances, if Chelsea want to compete at the top they need more than just a starting 3.
I know Sterling has been up and down as well but he at least brings a decent bit of pace to an otherwise slower side
Slower side? Aye? The youngest team in the PL with players like Mudryk, Noni, Reece, Gallagher, Caicedo etc make up for a slow side? CBs like Colwill, Badiashile and Chalobah also aren’t exactly slow.
Surely Nkunku will be taking Jackson’s place. Sterling and Palmer have been Chelsea’s best players so far this season whereas Jackson has been torrid in front of goal (dont be talking about that hat trick - had to be up there with one of the worst performances for a premier league hat trick ever!).
I’ve always assumed that Nkunku wasn’t necessarily a natural striker, I thought he’d be playing in behind the main striker like he had at Leipzig with Werner or Andre Silva.
When they bought Palmer, I thought he was cover for Nkunku rather than Jackson being the cover for him.
I know he has played as a main striker in the past but I’ve always viewed him more as a Firmino type who benefits from play off of him more than being the out and out leading man.
Nkunku was mostly the CF for Leipzig last season.
Tbh I don’t know much about Nkunku other than he’s highly rated - but then again so was Mudryk!
I’m only really basing my opinion on what I’ve seen of Jackson and he’s not played very well imo.
I agree Nkunku isn’t a natural striker, but is Jackson a natural striker? He seems to be more comfortable in our midfield holding up play and using his tight control rather than being a dominating presence in the box scoring goals. We just don’t have natural strikers, and Nkunku is probably the best player that can pretend to be a striker
Nkunku is a golden boot winner & not even a natural striker Jesus Christ
Why is everyone acting like we forced him out of the club Pep literally wanted him to stay but he doesn’t force players to stay when their not committed this literally would’ve been his breakout season with Mahrez leaving he obviously just didn’t want the slow integration so went to Chelsea where he would be promised game time wrong decision imo but don’t say Pep didn’t believe in him that’s cap
Nah you forced him out. Everyone knows Pep was planning to give a world class talent 15 games
Yeah like… if he stayed at City he wouldn’t be starting as much but he’d be getting chances and people would still be starting to sing his praises as a breakout player
Breakout season ? Cmon its Pep. There is no way that he would get enough minutes to have breakout season.
Don’t see how it’s the wrong decision when he’s already made more minutes for Chelsea than he has for city over 2 seasons. Fair play to the kid for going where he can play instead of sitting on the bench like Phillips.
Phillips sits on the bench because he’s utter dogshit
Don’t be silly, you can still insult him without making stuff up.
Man City cagoule have given him the game time he wanted. How’s it a wrong decision hes not getting game time and showing how good a player he is
Exactly, he’s a good young player with potential but he needed consistent minutes to continue developing and he was never going to get that at City while we’re competing for everything. We’d have preferred a buyback or to loan him if possible but equally you’re not going to say no to £40M+ for a fairly unproven youth player.
Title is wildly misleading. Shit article
so dramatic lmao
OMG he made a PK from 12 yards and he is the second coming of Christ. Chelsea had a food game but they are still crap
Take away the pens and he’s still been fantastic, most through balls completed and top few chances created in the PL since joining in pretty sure? Yeah he’s been hyped a lot but judging his pens ain’t all of it
The overall calmness and range of play he brings has been vital but yes I’d rather keep it quiet
All 4 of his goals are PK’s lol.
City have a problem (a good problem) like Real Madrid, they have a lot of youngsters with a lot of potential, they can’t debut everyone. Some will have to go to get play time eventually.
We reaped like 40 mil so I don’t really think it was that bad
I don’t get this narrative that Pep forced him out tho. It was clear he wouldn’t get enough game time so leaving was better for him and Pep doesn’t force any player to stay
You can force a player out without explicitly telling them you want them gone. For example: signing Doku instead of giving Palmer a chance is definitely one way to force a career decision from a youth prospect. So of course Pep forced him out, it just happened through selection and transfer decisions.