‘He promised me’: Gianfranco Zola reveals Cole Palmer pledge as Chelsea icons meet for first time after EA FC comment

GIANFRANCO ZOLA has revealed however Cole Palmer has promised to instrumentality him for meal erstwhile helium scores his adjacent free-kick.

Palmer, 22, wasn't excessively definite of who the Chelsea fable was erstwhile asked astir him past month.

Instead, what helium did cognize was Zola, 58, was an Icon paper connected the fashionable video crippled bid EA Sports FC, antecedently known arsenic Fifa.

By that reckoning, Palmer insisted: "I cognize he's an icon connected Fifa truthful helium indispensable person been good.

"I didn't truly ticker him play but everyone says helium was a large player."

However, the brace person present had the accidental to conscionable up and get decently acquainted with 1 another.

Playing a quickfire crippled of "Who has the better?" for a video shared to societal media, Zola and Palmer took turns pointing astatine 1 different erstwhile they believed the different idiosyncratic was the reply to the question.

The archetypal question asked who has the amended archetypal touch, to which Zola pointed astatine Palmer.

Palmer was amazed erstwhile Zola again pointed astatine him aft being asked who has amended skills.

The 3rd question saw them asked who has the amended paper connected EAFC, to which Palmer promptly pointed astatine Zola, explaining however the Italian had an 87-rated Icon paper portion helium had an 85-rated subordinate card.

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The brace were past asked, who is the champion free-kick taker, Palmer rapidly pointed to Zola earlier insisting his was conscionable luck.

In response, Zola said: "No, determination is nary luck, its ability.

Zola past revealed a committedness the England planetary had made to him.

He continued: "But helium needs to signifier more.

"He promised maine he's going to. He told maine he's going to instrumentality maine for meal if helium scores aft practicing."

The remark prompted a laughter from Palmer, who past nodded to Zola.

Finally, they were asked who had the champion celebration, with Zola pointing to Palmer earlier doing his "chilly" celebration.

Zola played 312 games for Chelsea betwixt 1996 and 2003, scoring 80 goals.

By contrast, Palmer lone joined the Blues successful 2023 but has already scored 32 goals successful 58 games.

However, Zola has antecedently said helium believes Palmer, who placed 25th connected this year's Ballon d'Or list, has the imaginable to vie for the afloat trophy.

He said: "He needs to enactment a batch connected his game, of course, due to the fact that helium is inactive young and determination are things that tin marque him better.

“And if helium does that, helium tin beryllium successful contention for the Ballon d’Or due to the fact that the numbers and the skills are there.

“There is inactive enactment to bash but perchance helium tin bash that.

"He has a very, precise bully manager to enactment with successful Maresca and I americium definite helium volition marque definite helium works connected that."

Palmer pulled retired of Lee Carsley's last England squad owed to wounded concerns that had besides seen him beryllium doubtful for the Arsenal gully earlier the planetary break.

Enzo Maresca said Palmer and team-mate Levi Colwill would beryllium assessed earlier determining for definite whether they would beryllium disposable to play Leicester this weekend.

He said: "Some of them are better, immoderate of them are inactive doubts and besides we request to hold due to the fact that contiguous is the archetypal league that we bash with each the players who were with their nationalist team."