Noni Madueke reveals 'unique' Cole Palmer quality after Chelsea team-mate picks up England award

Palmer finished up of Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka, successful 2nd and 3rd respectively, successful the grant voted for by England supporters, contempt not starting astatine a crippled astatine the summer's European Championship.

The guardant has scored doubly successful 9 England appearances, including a superb onslaught successful the decision to Spain successful the Euros final.

Palmer was outstanding successful a breakthrough run for Chelsea past season, scoring 22 times successful the Premier League, and helium has continued wherever helium near disconnected this term, with six goals and 5 assists successful his archetypal 7 appearances successful the top-flight.

"Cole is simply a phenomenal player," said Madueke, who is hoping to line-up alongside his clubmate successful England's Nations League games against Greece and Finland this week.

"In presumption of the champion subordinate successful the world, I don't cognize if I should beryllium the 1 to determine that.

"I deliberation the sky's the bounds for him. I don't cognize if helium has a ceiling. I don't cognize what his ceiling is. But I consciousness similar the signifier that he's showing present is incredible. And I conscionable anticipation helium tin proceed that.

"Me and Cole person a large narration disconnected the transportation and connected the transportation arsenic well. So it's ever amusive playing with him, I get to play with him each week. It would beryllium amusive if we tin get to play with each different for England, definitely.

"Cole's a precise unsocial player. A benignant of subordinate that doesn't consciousness pressure, successful the astir pressurised situations. I respect that astir him. He's a large footballer. And I'm definite he's going to nutrient for England, conscionable arsenic helium does for Chelsea.

"It's conscionable his demeanour really, he's conscionable relaxed. He's conscionable arsenic relaxed disconnected the transportation arsenic helium is connected the pitch. That’s conscionable him. Some radical are conscionable similar that.

"That's his character. And it works for him connected the pitch. Some radical person a quality wherever they're relaxed disconnected the transportation but cognize they request to truly absorption and truly portion in.

"I'm not saying that Cole's not zoned successful erstwhile he's connected the pitch, but I consciousness that Cole's conscionable unsocial successful that sense, wherever helium tin conscionable spell connected the pitch, play the game, person fun, play the crippled to bask it, and he'll nutrient anyway. That's conscionable him."

England's interim caput coach, Lee Carsley, has spoken astir the value of connections successful his England squad, and Madueke and Palmer person linked up impressively for Enzo Maresca's new-look Blues broadside this season.

The winger, who came done the ranks astatine Tottenham earlier joining PSV Eindhoven, says helium and Palmer person been friends since agelong earlier they some moved to Stamford Bridge successful summertime 2023.

"It's a bully connection," Madueke said. "Firstly we've been playing with each different for a precise agelong clip now, since we were Under-15 present astatine England.

"I consciousness similar that's 1 thing. I consciousness similar we're precise bully friends disconnected the pitch, truthful helium astir apt looks for maine a lot, conscionable arsenic I look for him. He's got a slayer pass, and I'm precise dynamic, truthful I deliberation it conscionable works.

"We conscionable bounce disconnected each other. I deliberation we person a akin outlook connected things. And however we attack games. Wre're conscionable bully friends. Of people erstwhile helium helps maine bash well, and I assistance him bash well, I deliberation that narration past grows. I deliberation that's truly what it is."

Madueke marked his England debut against Finland past period by mounting up Harry Kane's 2nd extremity of the night, arsenic the skipper celebrated his 100th headdress successful style.

"[Cars] said I should person scored," Madueke said. "But helium said I did well, created a goal, played my game. He lone ever asks maine to play my game.

"My England debut was great. First and foremost we won the game. Assisting the 2nd extremity was great, particularly assisting Harry connected that historical nighttime for him arsenic well. I was precise pleased. Hopefully much large memories successful an England garment to come.”