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It’s “likely” this Man United transfer target would want to leave current club, says journalist
It’s considered likely that Cole Palmer could look for a transfer out of Chelsea this summer amid links with Manchester United.
That’s the view of journalist Julien Laurens, speaking on Sky Sports, as he and others discussed the transfer strategy at Stamford Bridge.
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It seems like Palmer and others have been signed by Chelsea with the primary focus being on making a profit.
This could mean the Blues would listen to offers for the England international, though Laurens can’t see anyone paying as much as £150m for him, as has been suggested would be his asking price…
''It's likely that he'd want to leave Chelsea for sure''
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“It’s likely that he’d want to leave Chelsea, for sure,” Laurens said.
“I think the project worked for him when he arrived, in terms of having that game time in the Premier League … but now the Chelsea project is not really going in the right direction.”
Could Cole Palmer leave Chelsea for a transfer to Manchester United?
Palmer started his career at Manchester City and it may be that he’s keen to move back up north at some point.
The Sun have reported again that the 23-year-old is unsettled at CFC, linking him mainly with Man United, as well as other big names in Europe such as Real Madrid.
Still, there’s no doubt Palmer has gone off the boil a little in recent months, and one imagines there won’t be too many teams out there who’d pay crazy money for him.
Given that Palmer has a Chelsea contract until 2033, there’s no pressure on them to accept offers they’re not happy with, so that could make it tricky for him even if he does want to leave.
Chelsea facing important summer
Chelsea’s project doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, and it perhaps makes sense that we’re seeing reports of players wanting out.
As well as speculation about Palmer, there’s also growing talk of Enzo Fernandez possibly pushing for an exit, as reported by Simon Phillips and others.
It’s surely vital for Chelsea to keep players like Palmer and Fernandez, who have mostly performed very well since joining the club.
Most of their other signings in the BlueCo era have not been as successful, so this project surely cannot go anywhere if those two end up moving on.
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