West Ham and Manchester City agreed deal for Cole Palmer last summer, says Karren Brady
Chelsea completed a £40m deal with Manchester City for Cole Palmer last summer (Picture: Getty)
West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady says the club struck a deal to sign Cole Palmer before Chelsea ‘swooped’ in and won the race for the attacking midfielder last summer.
Palmer, a graduate of Manchester City’s academy, informed his boyhood club of his desire to leave in pursuit of regular game-time and the 21-year-old would go on to complete a £40million deadline-day move to Stamford Bridge.
Eyebrows were raised at the size of the fee given Palmer had made just 19 league appearances for City under Pep Guardiola, but the youngster has proven his doubters wrong – and then some – in what has been a phenomenal debut season at Chelsea.
A second hat-trick in three games, to inspire the Blues to a thumping 6-0 victory over Everton on Monday night, took Palmer’s tally for the season to 20 in the top flight, putting him level with Erling Haaland in the goalscoring charts.
Widely considered the signing season in the Premier League, Palmer now appears a shoo-in for England’s Euro 2024 squad, with many supporters even calling for him to be thrust into Gareth Southgate’s starting XI.
In her weekly column for The Sun, Brady waxed lyrical about Palmer’s extraordinary campaign and described Guardiola’s decision to let him leave as a ‘selfless act’.
According to Brady, David Moyes ‘tried very hard’ to lu...
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