Are you saying he has attitude problems? I’ve seen Don Hutchinson insinuate something like that on ESPN.
Never met Palmer or heard him say anything like that myself, but others say different. \0/
What's more telling is how willing City were to sell him. He asked for more game time or to leave on loan apparently, so Pep told him he could leave, but it would be permanent. Cole's fate was sealed when City set about acquiring Doku.
Cole's a great player to have when you're winning a game by a distance & it's essentially attack vs defence.
Where Cole failed imo is when we were in serious matches where we had to defend, retain possession, & make our attacks count.
On that basis he made 27 appearances for City last season & failed to impress at all.
The season before last, he was used as a last 15-20 min substitute in matches we were winning by a big margin. He'd come on & look seriously dangerous.
However, in proper matches where he started last season, he looked distinctly average & had little physical impact on the game. In some he actually looked like a newly born giraffe in a bull ring & had zero effect.
Season 2022/23 was his make or break, & he failed to make an impact when given several opportunities to stake his first team claim. In fact, we immediately looked way better when he was withdrawn in the matches he started.
To then start demanding more playing time would've been waving a red rag to Pep. There was only ever gonna be one winner, & it was only ever gonna end one way.
Good luck for the future Cole...
