Congratulations to Chelsea, who scored 36 goals in 38 games, comparable to Didier Drogba, and the birth of Mr. New 100 million
In the 33 rounds of the Premier League that ended this morning, Chelsea beat Everton 6-0, not only surpassed Brighton and Wolves in the standings in one fell swoop, and rose to 9th, but they are currently only 1 point behind West Ham United in the European zone, Manchester United and Newcastle United 2 points in the case of two games less, and is expected to participate in European competition next season.
Palmer, now 21, joined Chelsea from Manchester City for €47 million last summer. When the transfer was just announced, this transfer was questioned, although Palmer has a height of 189CM and good technical skills, but he was only a substitute at Manchester City before, and in the past two seasons for Manchester City 36 games, only scored 11 goals and 4 assists, so the major media generally believe that this is a premium transfer, and even ranked as one of the 5 least optimistic transfers by a well-known British media, which is another proof that Boehly people are stupid and have a lot of money.
However, after joining Chelsea, Palmer was quick to respond to doubts with his performances, taking advantage of Nkunku's injury to win the main competition against Conor Gallagher, making 38 appearances, starting 33 games, scoring 23 goals and providing 13 assists, making him an indispensable core player for the Blues with an efficiency close to an average of one goal per game.
He scored a hat-trick in his last two games at Stamford Bridge at Manchester United before netting four goals in a 6-0 win over Everton, becoming only the second player after Chelsea legend Didier Drogba to score two consecutive hat-tricks at home. The latter did so in 2010 with 8-0 victories over Wigan Athletic and 6-0 victories over West Bromwich Albion.
It is worth mentioning that although Palmer is young, his character is not frivolous, his humble style and calm and resolute character on the field have won the unanimous recognition of several Chelsea cores and coach Pochettino, and he has been given the responsibility of the team's first penalty taker early.
Palmer's excellent performance naturally attracted the favor of the national team. At present, England has played a mediocre performance in the warm-up games before the European Championship, losing 0:1 at home to Brazil and drawing 2:2 with Belgium in succession, and the most criticized play is the midfield. At the moment, only Bellingham and Rice are relatively secure in England's midfield trio, and a suitable third has never been found.
Many English footballers have advised manager Gareth Southgate that he should start with Bellingham and Rice, using Palmer's technical and attacking talent to replenish the spirituality of the relatively engineered Bellingham and Rice, but for now, Palmer seems to be seen more as a substitute in Southgate's eyes, and he has always been conservative in his style of preferring a defensive midfielder to use a defensive midfielder, Manchester United's 18-year-old Maynou seems more likely to be the main player, and he also became a starter in Belgium.
In fact, even if he didn't get a starting spot for the national team, it didn't prevent Palmer from becoming another new star of the billion, although he was only valued at €55 million in Germany, but given his recent strong hat-trick performances and the fact that he has a lot of hope to be the tactical heart of the team next season, with Chelsea proving himself in Europe and the Premier League, it seems that for the 21-year-old Palmer to break the value of 100 million.