{"id":1644,"date":"2024-04-06T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T13:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2024-04-06T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T13:01:08","slug":"rio-ferdinand-and-joe-cole-agree-over-premier-league-signing-of-the-season-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=1644","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole agree over Premier League signing of the season | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cole Palmer is enjoying an incredible debut season with Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe Cole and Rio Ferdinand agree that Cole Palmer has been the \u2018signing of the season\u2019, with the youngster setting the Premier League alight following his big-money switch from Manchester City to Chelsea last summer.<\/p>\n

Chelsea completed a \u00a342.5million deal for Palmer on transfer deadline day and eyebrows were raised over the size of the fee, considering the 21-year-old had only made 19 appearances in the English top flight with Pep Guardiola\u2019s City.<\/p>\n

But Palmer has enjoyed a phenomenal debut season in what has otherwise been a disappointing campaign for Chelsea, with Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s men languishing down in tenth in the table.<\/p>\n

A stunning hat-trick to steer the Blues to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Manchester United in midweek, which included the latest winning goal in the history of the Premier League, took Palmer\u2019s tally to 19 goals in all competitions this term.<\/p>\n

The former City man \u2013 who was handed his senior England debut last November \u2013 has also racked up eight assists in the league, with only five players bettering his total with nine games remaining of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Discussing Palmer\u2019s success at Stamford Bridge, ex-Chelsea winger Cole named the \u2018outstanding\u2019 forward as his signing of the season and argued that he was a shoo-in for Gareth Southgate\u2019s England squad ahead of Euro 2024.<\/p>\n

\u2018I said it [that Palmer is the signing of the season] after the game in the height of excitement and I\u2019m sober today and I still think it\u2026 I think so,\u2019 Cole told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n

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Ferdinand and Cole waxed lyrical about Chelsea and England youngster Palmer (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I can\u2019t see an argument against, for the money Chelsea paid for him and the age he\u2019s at and what he\u2019s done for Chelsea.<\/p>\n

\u2018I shudder to think where Chelsea would be if Cole Palmer hadn\u2019t put pen to paper. He\u2019s been that good, he really has.<\/p>\n

\u2018There have been three or four or five players at the club that I think have done well this year, but he\u2019s been outstanding. He really has.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Chelsea paid \u00a342.5m for Palmer last summer (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cole added: \u2018With that mindset, he has to go with England because you know when you\u2019re putting him on the pitch in any type of game at the Euros and it\u2019s not going to faze him.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019ve seen players who have fallen to bits at those pressure moments and that will never happen to him.<\/p>\n

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Palmer will be desperate to go to the Euros with England this summer (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Legendary ex-United and England defender Ferdinand, meanwhile, highlighted the way Palmer has been able to handle the pressure by approaching games like he\u2019s having a kick-about \u2018in his local area with his mates\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018Yeah, I think he has to be [the signing of the season],\u2019 Ferdinand said.<\/p>\n

\u2018[Alexis] Mac Allister has put in a case towards now. He scored a great goal the other day.<\/p>\n

\u2018At the business end of the season, he has come to the fore.<\/p>\n

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Palmer had only made 19 league appearances when he joined Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018But I think if you look at the numbers this kid [Palmer] has put up, he\u2019s a young boy as well. <\/p>\n

\u2018The biggest compliment I can give him is that Cole Palmer seems like the kid who will go anywhere in the world, in the biggest stadiums in the world, and it will feel to him like he\u2019s just going down Goals in his local area with his mates.<\/p>\n

\u2018He scored a hat-trick the other day. After the game, me and him [Cole] are standing there going, \u201cHow is he so calm?\u201d, it\u2019s unreal.\u2019<\/p>\n