Chelsea: Gary Neville claims Cole Palmer is 'not far off' being Premier League's best player

Palmer had a stunning archetypal play astatine the Blues pursuing his £40million power from Manchester City, scoring 22 league goals and winning the Premier League Young Player of the Year award.

When asked whether helium agreed with Maresca that Palmer was the champion subordinate successful the Premier League, Manchester United large Neville told NBC Sports: “He’s not acold off! I person to accidental that I was amazed past season.

“I retrieve erstwhile Mohamed Salah scored those goals each those years agone and I thought, ‘He won’t repetition that successful the 2nd season, helium won’t repetition that successful the 3rd season’, and Cole Palmer is conscionable going and wholly shocking maine successful presumption of what he’s delivering.

“I can’t judge the level that he’s getting to and to deliberation that helium wasn’t playing for England successful the European Championship successful the summertime present conscionable seems perfectly ridiculous.

“And it seems adjacent much ridiculous that Manchester City, who person been unbelievable successful the transportation market, person fto 1 of their ain go.”