Man Utd coach reveals Cole Palmer transfer approach before Chelsea deal
Manchester United academy coach Colin Little has reveale that Cole Palmer came ‘close’ to leaving Manchester City for Old Trafford as a teenager.
Palmer, 22, has establishe himself as one of เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา the most exciting talents in Premier League football since joining Chelsea and was name the PFA Young Player of the Year after an extraordinary debut season at Stamford Bridge last term.
Manchester City’s decision to allow Palmer sign for a direct rival raise some questions at the time and Pep Guardiola has since gone on record admitting the £40million move was a ‘mistake’.
However, it has emerge that Palmer flirte with the possibility of leaving City for arch-rivals United three years before he had even made his debut for the Premier League champions.
United Under-18 coach Little, Palmer has always a ‘big United fan’ and the forward ‘umme and ahe’ about moving to the red half of Manchester when he was age 16
‘I know Cole Palmer’s family quite well, I know his dad and his uncle, and we were close to getting Cole Palmer when he was about 16, believe it or not,’ Little explaine.
‘He was umming and ahing and I knew he was a big United fan.’
But City eventually made Palmer a ‘good enough offer’ and the young Englishman would go on to commit his future to City – that is until he joine Chelsea in 2023.
Little adde: ‘He was at that age where you’re allowe to leave, 16 is it? And they were umming and ahing, Manchester City, about it.
‘I think in the end Manchester City made him a good enough offer.
‘But really, he was always a Manchester United fan and it was close anyway, I remember speaking.
Little continue: ‘I think City neede to show him a bit more love and that kind of stuff.
‘We never quite got it over the line but it would have nice if we did, wouldn’t it?’
Palmer has nothing short of a revelation since swapping City for Chelsea, scoring 39 goals in 78 games for the west London giants.
However, the England international is without a goal in his last ten appearances in all competitions in what has undoubtedly his most frustrating spell for Chelsea to date.
A hamstring injury meant Palmer misse Chelsea’s defeat to Arsenal before the international break, as well as England’s World Cup qualifying wins over Albania and Latvia.
But Palmer returne to first-team training on Friday and there are hopes he could be involve on Thursday night when Enzo Maresca’s men face off against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.
Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke have also picture in training at Cobham this week after working their way back from muscle injuries.