CHELSEA prima Cole Palmer picked a daze Premier League cult leader erstwhile asked who helium would take to instrumentality a punishment to prevention his life.
Palmer, 22, is simply a spot-kick adept having scored 15 of them and ne'er missing erstwhile during his young and stellar four-year career.
The guardant has netted 10 of them with the Blues wherever helium already counts six goals successful arsenic galore Premier League matches this season.
However, if his beingness depended connected it, the winger would take idiosyncratic other to measurement up to the sheet and instrumentality a punishment for him - and that is nary mean pick.
The ex-Manchester City prima would spell with nary different than Mario Balotelli arsenic helium remembers however ascendant helium was erstwhile it was conscionable him and the opposing goalkeeper.
Palmer told BBC Sports: "One punishment taker to prevention my life...?
"If I can't accidental maine - I would but I'll accidental 1 conscionable for the content.
"The 1 that comes to my caput is Balotelli."
The interviewer seemed a spot amazed by that reply but Palmer stood by his pick.
And the England planetary is not incorrect arsenic Balotelli, 34, has scored a whopping 48 retired of each the 53 penalties helium has taken during his arguable 18-year career.
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Palmer responded: "Have you seen his pens?"
The Chelsea prima was past asked if helium would person immoderate worries astir Balotelli doing thing unpredictable: "Nah, I spot him. Go connected YouTube and hunt his penalties."
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Balotelli fell from grace contempt playing for the likes of Inter Milan, AC Milan, Man City, Liverpool and of people Italy.
That was chiefly owed to the existent interest agent's unpredictable character.
That is wherefore Palmer continued to beryllium egged connected by the interviewer regarding his pick.
The guardant seemed to concede that constituent arsenic helium changed his taker and opted for a prima England team-mate earlier adding that determination are really rather a fewer favourites helium would spell for.
Palmer said: "Actually, possibly Ivan [Toney]. I don't know, there's a few."