Cole Palmer

[robbieh]

Came on here to post exactly this.
It looks like it will come to haunt us as he is going to the very top and could have been our future alongside Phil, 2 local lads.
The thing is at the time it was a good deal for everybody. We got good money for a young lad with no experience all promise, and Cole got the move he needed to get the games to grow. No good saying we should have kept him. If he stayed he would have finished this season with a dozen appearances from the bench, not be at the level he is now and would be nowhere near the England squad this summer.

Doku who was his replacement played far more than 12 games from the bench.

Pep obviously didn't rate him for some reason and that's fine. Doku had a great season as did Cole. Let's see how the future pans out for them.

 

[eastmanc]

He wanted to leave. If he had stayed at City he wouldn't have been in Germany this summer. Good luck to the lad, it was the right move for him. Blues need to get over this some get through the net.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Every other academy player we sell we tend to insist on a buyback/sell-on clause but not with Palmer. Why not?

He's gone on record to say he wanted to go on loan (whether that's true or not I don't know).

He's now worth at least three times what we sold him for. It's disappointing that we weren't able to recognise his potential.

 

[eastmanc]

All opinions are welcome. It's a general football forum.

We fucked up when we sold Palmer. What's done can't be undone unfortunately, but I would like to think that someone at City might learn from it.

Who Pep? He gets far more right than wrong. He would have ultimately sanctioned his move and he gave Cole the option to stay and fight for a place. Cole decided to leave. He made the right decision for his career.

 

[KentBlue]

He wanted 1st team football and Pep would not guarantee it, naturally - so he went. Good luck to the lad, and I genuinely do wish him well. Also, a good thing to remember, he'll have fond memories of us and he could go on to absolutely torment the rags/dippers for years to come.

 

[sir baconface]

We can rationalise it all we like but the club clearly failed to nurture and develop Palmer to the full. It was a rare mistake on their part.

That said, we’re blessed to have Pep and Txiki in M11. We move on and, in fact, already have done.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

We sold Palmer. He now plays for another club. Why can’t people get over this?

Palmer wanted to leave. That’s it really.

 

[nellyonthewing]

We somehow failed to see and lock in his potential. We do have a blind spot and end up getting Phillips and losing Palmer .On a lesser scale I include Nunes, Gomes, Grealish and Mendy as failure to make meaningful major impacts .Key players are leaving soon and we cannot afford any mess ups.

 

[dublinblue12]

Always seemed to do well when he played was surprised we sold him but perhaps too good to be sitting on the bench most weeks

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

He will soon fuck off from Chelsea

Goes abroad then returns to play for the Rags