Cole Palmer: Chelsea star named England Player of the Year despite just TWO career starts as fans say team-mate ‘robbed’

FEW players person amassed specified staggering stats in the Prem truthful rapidly arsenic Cole Palmer.

And fewer person won specified a prestigious honour astatine international level from specified small action!

Chelsea's attacking midfielder has been named England's subordinate of the twelvemonth - aft conscionable 2 starts since his Three Lions debut successful November 2023.

Many fans recovered the award jaw-dropping - reckoning runner-up Jude Bellingham oregon third-placed Bukayo Saka should person won it.

Yet the honour, for 2023-24, was chosen for by SUPPORTERS.

Palmer has won 9 caps - including 5 disconnected the bench, successful playing conscionable 145 minutes, astatine the Euros arsenic England reached the final.

His highest infinitesimal truthful acold was a spectacular strike disconnected the seat successful that showpiece clash, an equaliser that offered hope before Mikel Oyarzabal fired a precocious winner for Spain.

However, astatine Prem level, Palmer has notched 28 goals and 17 assists successful 58 matches.

That includes a blistering commencement to this term, netting six times and teeing up 5 goals successful conscionable 7 top-flight games.

For England he's scored doubly successful 9 matches, albeit seven appearances coming disconnected the bench.

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In contrast, Arsenal winger Saka has been a accordant menace for the Three Lions, portion Real Madrid midfielder Bellingham has often reached lofty heights, contempt his mediocre Euro 2024. 

It's near fans divided - believing 22-year-old Palmer should person been utilized more by erstwhile England brag Gareth Southgate but besides mystified astatine however their peers chose him supra regular starters.

One said: "Bukayo Saka was robbed. What did Cole Palmer bash that Saka didn't?"

Another wrote: "How is this imaginable erstwhile helium didn't adjacent commencement successful immoderate azygous lucifer successful Euros??? England led by authorities and PR games again,"

A 3rd posted: "Weird arsenic helium hardly played astatine the Euros. I’m not saying Palmer isn’t a bully subordinate but for a twelvemonth we’ve had the Euros helium can’t beryllium the POTY erstwhile Southgate seldom played him."

And a 4th insisted: "Saka did a amended occupation than Cole Palmer, helium should beryllium getting the men's Player of the Year Award for 2023-24; If for immoderate crushed Saka wasn't the close person, the adjacent persons that travel to caput are Bellingham & Harry Kane. This is ridiculous."

But a fewer fans looked to the Palmer who could beryllium acceptable for a fantastic winter at nine and international level - alternatively than the 1 relying connected England cameos implicit the past 12 months.

One said: "The champion subordinate successful the world!!!!Generational talent.   and another added: "Generational talent."