Cole Palmer reveals why he joined Chelsea

England International Cole Palmer has opened up and revealed that the plan was not to join Chelsea on a permanent move from Manchester City, but revealed why he mad ethe decision to officially leave the Premier League Champions.

The highly talented 22-year-old attacking midfielder, has rapidly made a name for himself at CHELSEA since his move from Manchester City in 2023 and is the man at Stamford Bridge that Enzo Maresca will really rely on over the next 12 months.

He has recently signed a massive new contract at Chelsea – but Whether he actually stays at Chelsea for a decade remains to be seen – but the player has now come out and claimed why a move to Chelsea happened on a permanent basis,  speaking to GQ, he said: “I wasn’t even gonna go [to] Chelsea. I got persuaded.” He then nodded to his manager when asked who persuaded him to move.

“I just knew I wasn’t going to play as much as I wanted to. Even when I was going to England [camps] with younger age groups, you had players there who were playing in the league every week.

“And you’re looking around thinking, I can play in the league. When you’re not playing, it’s annoying.”

He added: “No – do you know what, I just wanted to go on loan… “I remember training on a Wednesday at City in the afternoon, and the news was ‘they’re trying to agree a fee.’

“Every time the ball went out I’d ask the kit man or the doctor if they’ve agreed the fee yet. “So I didn’t really get a chance to see many people and say I’m going. I just had to get my stuff.

“I messaged the group chat, said ‘Thanks and everything. I’m gone.’ That was it.”

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That massive new contract that Palmer has just signed means that CHELSEA do not have to sell the midfielder – and we fully expect him to stay at the Bridge for the next few seasons – but all we can say is that Chelsea were very lucky to get the player – he is surely now one of the best attacking stars in the Premier League.

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