Paul Merson claims Chelsea could sell two stars after shock Man Utd transfer claim

Paul Merson says Chelsea would not regularisation retired selling Stamford Bridge superstar Cole Palmer aft different pundit tipped him for a daze determination to Premier League rivals Manchester United.

Palmer has been Chelsea’s astir important subordinate since his £40m determination from Manchester City past summer, scoring 25 goals successful his archetypal play successful westbound London.

The 22-year-old, 1 of Chelsea’s few caller occurrence stories successful the transportation market, had much extremity involvements than immoderate different subordinate and won the Premier League Young Player of the Season and PFA Fans’ Player of the Year awards.

Following his heroics passim the 2023-24 campaign, Palmer was included successful Gareth Southgate’s England squad for Euro 2024 and aboriginal enactment pen to insubstantial connected a new nine-year declaration astatine Chelsea, perchance keeping him astatine the nine until 2033.

But Merson doubts Palmer’s staggering declaration volition forestall Chelsea from cashing successful if a immense connection is presented to the Stamford Bridge club.

A akin concern would play out, according to Merson astatine least, if Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson attracted a important bid adjacent summer.

Discussing the concern astatine Stamford Bridge, amid reports of a rift astatine committee level, Merson told Sky Sports: ‘They conscionable request to interest astir results connected the transportation but I inactive don’t cognize the plan. I inactive don’t cognize the plan.

‘Nicolas Jackson is determination until 2033. If Jackson scores 25 goals adjacent season, they volition merchantability him. That’s the full idea.

‘If Cole Palmer becomes unbelievable and keeps connected doing what helium is doing, past helium volition beryllium a £100m player. They volition merchantability him for £100m.

‘That’s however it works, they don’t privation each these players to tally their contracts out.’

Palmer has enjoyed different beardown commencement to the 2024-25 campaign, scoring 1 extremity and making 4 assists successful 4 Premier League games.

Speaking earlier the commencement of the caller season, Liverpool fable Jamie Carragher tipped Manchester United to motorboat a stunning determination for the Chelsea ace.

‘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.’

Chelsea were outplayed by Manchester City connected the opening weekend but person since taken 7 points from 3 games to ascent to eighth, 2 points extracurricular the Champions League places.

Christopher Nkunku scored a precocious victor arsenic Chelsea bushed Bournemouth 1-0 astatine the weekend. The Blues instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday against London rivals West Ham.

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