Jamie Carragher says Chelsea star Cole Palmer would help Liverpool win the Premier League

Jamie Carragher has heaped praise connected ‘game-changing footballer’ Cole Palmer and admits Liverpool would beryllium much apt to triumph the Premier League if the Chelsea prima was plying his commercialized astatine Anfield.

Palmer enjoyed a singular breakout play astatine Stamford Bridge past year and has already enhanced his presumption arsenic 1 of the champion players successful the Premier League this term.

The 22-year-old scored 25 goals successful his archetypal 12 months astatine Chelsea pursuing a £40m determination from Manchester City past summer.

That signifier saw Palmer triumph the Premier League Young Player of the Season grant and beryllium included successful Gareth Southgate’s England squad for Euro 2024.

Palmer’s stunning signifier shows nary motion of stopping, with the playmaker scoring six goals and making 5 assists successful conscionable 7 league games this season.

Ex-England defender Carragher dismissed Chelsea’s chances of finishing successful the top-four earlier the play started but has changed his stance owed to ‘game-changing’ Palmer.

Carragher adjacent believes Palmer would instrumentality Liverpool to different level if helium was playing astatine Anfield and amended Arne Slot’s chances of winning the Premier League rubric successful his archetypal play astatine the club.

Liverpool beryllium apical of the array up of Sunday’s clash against Chelsea, who person besides impressed truthful acold this play nether caller manager Enzo Maresca.

‘Maresca deserves credit, particularly successful getting the champion from Cole Palmer who is simply a game-changing footballer,’ Carragher told the Daily Telegraph.

‘Mauricio Pochettino had begun to unlock the immense talent. Chelsea’s sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley made a astute determination appointing a manager who already knew Palmer from their Manchester City days.

‘Palmer is thriving and immoderate squad with him has a chance. Coming into this play I initially thought it excessively soon for Chelsea to decorativeness successful the apical 4 due to the fact that the squad tone and transportation with the fans was not there.

‘Palmer is the biggest crushed my presumption has changed. Now they tin bash it, though fixed the standard of their concern that is wherever they should be.

‘If Palmer was astatine Liverpool, Arne Slot would beryllium much apt to decorativeness his debut play arsenic a rubric winner.

‘Palmer is that good, presently averaging much extremity involvements per lucifer than Stamford Bridge greats similar Didier Drogba and Diego Costa.’

Looking up to Liverpool’s intriguing clash with Chelsea this weekend, Carragher added: ‘An Anfield travel is 1 of the toughest examinations, of course, particularly with Slot trying to sphere his spot astatine the apical of the Premier League.

‘Whichever broadside wins volition person their bully commencement redefined arsenic an fantabulous one.

‘A decision volition consciousness similar a important setback starring to questions astir however overmuch further they indispensable spell to scope their required level. That’s the quality of the beast erstwhile the apical teams look off.’

Before the play began, Carragher suggested Liverpool’s arch-rivals Manchester United could motion Palmer if Chelsea struggled this season.

‘Something’s conscionable travel to maine here,’ Carragher said connected an occurrence of The Overlap with Sky Bet.

‘If Chelsea person different mediocre season, we were talking earlier astir Manchester United having a existent occupation connected that close wing. 

‘He [Palmer] is simply a large Man United instrumentality isn’t he? Would that not beryllium thing that United should sojourn possibly successful 12 months if it doesn’t spell well? 

‘You cognize what, I deliberation that could happen. Yeah, Cole Palmer to Man United.’

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