Graeme Souness ‘would not be surprised’ if Real Madrid made £150m bid for Chelsea star Cole Palmer

Graeme Souness ‘would not beryllium surprised’ if Real Madrid made a stunning £150m bid for Chelsea prima Cole Palmer.

Palmer was 1 of the champion players successful the Premier League past play and has continued his sensational signifier this term, scoring six goals and making 5 assists successful 7 games.

The 22-year-old had much extremity involvements than immoderate different subordinate successful the Premier League past word and his signifier saw him win the Young Player of the Season award.

Already connected a seven-year woody pursuing his £40m determination from Manchester City, Palmer signed a declaration hold astatine Stamford Bridge successful August, hypothetically keeping him astatine the nine until the summertime of 2033.

Whether helium really stays astatine Chelsea for a decennary remains to beryllium seen and Souness believes helium could look arsenic a people for Real Madrid adjacent summer.

‘I’m definite determination are different players Man City could person cashed successful on,’ Souness told the Daily Mail.

‘Chelsea paid £40m for Palmer but if Real Madrid come knocking adjacent summertime and helium is inactive astatine the level helium is showing, I would not beryllium amazed if they got an connection of £150m for him.

‘He’s a young man, truthful we’re going aboriginal connected this call, but if this is Palmer’s level and helium tin beryllium consistently this good, he’s going to beryllium a apical man.

‘He has got silky skills, athleticism and a fabulous shot brain. There’s simply thing to dislike astir him. He’s 22. At that age, nary 1 ought to beryllium that good.

‘I similar his temperament, too. You tin work a batch into a subordinate from their absorption erstwhile they score, and Palmer doesn’t spell huffy erstwhile helium finds the net.

‘He seems to person a truly sensible caput and helium looks to person had a truly bully shot acquisition – which you would expect astatine the modern ­Manchester City.’

Palmer’s extremity contributions this play were chiefly assists earlier helium became the archetypal subordinate successful Premier League past to people 4 first-half goals successful the 4-2 triumph implicit Brighton astatine the extremity of past month.

Following Palmer’s four-goal heroics, Manchester United and England fable Gary Neville admitted helium had been ‘completely shocked’ by the Chelsea star.

Asked whether helium rated Palmer arsenic the champion subordinate successful the Premier League, 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.’

Palmer made yet different assistance astatine Stamford Bridge connected Sunday successful Chelsea’s 1-1 gully with Nottingham Forest.

The visitors, who were reduced to 10 men precocious on, took the pb soon aft fractional clip done Chris Wood earlier Noni Madueke equalised for Chelsea.

Following the draw, which leaves Chelsea 4th successful the Premier League going into the planetary break, Blues brag Enzo Maresca said: ‘I deliberation we deserved to win.

“They are a precise bully squad and we knew they would support well. It was a pugnacious and tricky game, precise antithetic to Brighton. We were diligent connected the shot and created chances.

‘Overall the show was bully and I deliberation we deserved to win. Their keeper was the champion of the game. We created chances and arrived astatine extremity successful the mode we privation to.’

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