Former Chelsea defender William Gallas has questioned the hype surrounding Cole Palmer after his breakthrough season at Stamford Bridge. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Stressing that fans and pundits were too quick to brand Palmer the best in the world after his fantastic debut season at Chelsea, Gallas stated that people keep forgetting that the England international is still very young.
He added that it was impossible for Cole to maintain the same impact that sparked his first season’s hype.
His words, “When you look at the Chelsea defenders, they’ve let in so many goals. The strikers, they’ve barely scored any goals. One player, who I don’t want to point out but who hasn’t performed well enough, is Cole Palmer.
Everyone in England jumped on the hype after one good season, saying he’s the best player in the world, but look at him now. He’s now a big name but he’s still so young despite being the Young Player of the Year two years ago.
Marcos Senesi is a good defender, he’s had a good season with Bournemouth, and he’s 29 years old, which means he’s had more experience than some of the current Chelsea defenders. But the pressure will be different at a big club, and Senesi hasn’t experienced that pressure.
John Stones will be a better option for Chelsea, he knows exactly what the pressure is to play for a big club and knows the feeling of winning trophies. Also, Stones will be leaving Manchester City for free in the summer. Chelsea have to try and sign him, he would organise the back line.”
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Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge.
The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, their first European honour, the Cup Winners’ Cup, in 1971, and became the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022.
On 7 May 2022, Chelsea confirmed that terms have been agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjörg Wyss, to acquire the club. The group was later known as BlueCo.
The UK government approved the £4.25bn takeover, ending Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of the club. Bruce Buck, who served as chairman since 2003, was replaced by Boehly, while long-serving club director and de facto sporting director Marina Granovskaia left, as did Petr Čech from the role of technical and performance advisor.
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