Cole Palmer is likely one of the finest gamers within the Premier League and ‘might be’ the solitary standout participant, too, in line with his supervisor Enzo Maresca.
The 22-year-old continued his spectacular season with a panenka in Chelsea’s 4-3 comeback win in opposition to Tottenham within the Premier League, which included record-breaking twelfth consecutive penalty.
That took Palmer’s tally to 11 objectives and 6 assists in his 15 league look, firmly positioning himself as one of many league’s most necessary gamers.
When requested about his standing because the Premier League’s finest star, Maresca urged he ‘might be on this second.’
“However England is kind of fortunate when it comes to there are lots of good gamers. For certain, Cole is considered one of them.”
“He’s simply 21 so he can do many issues higher. He’s studying that everybody is marking him man-to-man and the way he can play in opposition to them.”
Palmer won’t add to his home purpose involvement tally as he was omitted from the Europa Convention League squad. Nonetheless, his teammates will make the arduous journey to Almaty in Kazakhstan as they face Astana.
Maresca concedes an extended journey awaits the crew, however is refusing to take heed to any favourites tag for the competitors following a powerful begin to the season domestically.
“The mentality is to go to the subsequent stage after which the subsequent one. After we obtain the subsequent one, we goal to get to the subsequent one.
“I don’t prefer to assume 4 or 5 months forward. In my view, if we expect 4 or 5 months forward, you may lose focus a bit bit.”