Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
While Chélat have done more than their fair share of transfer errors in recent years, they have also signed several scandalously talented players.
However, while Moises Caciedo, Enzo Fernández and Pedro Neto are all examples of large signatures, there is a player who stands with his head and shoulders above the rest: Cole Palmer.
The English international joined the Blues of Manchester City in the summer of 2023, and since then has been gaping a sensational count of 72 goal involvement in 98 games for the club.
Consequently, the faithful of Stamford Bridge should be very enthusiastic about reports binding them to someone who could become their next palmer.
While their defeat against Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon has put a little bit on things, Chelsea has had a brilliant summer in terms of transfers so far.
The board of directors was able to get rid of a crowd of players who were not at the required level, while bringing a handful of young and hungry talents who could develop in superstars, like Liam Delap, Joao Pedro and Jorrel Hato.
However, with a little less than two weeks before closing the window, the West Londoners are always eager to add to their team, and now move for someone who could be the next palmer.
At least it is according to A recent report on offsideWho claims that Chelsea is very interested in signing Rico Lewis.
In fact, the report goes further than that and reveals that the blues have already contacted City about an agreement for the young person this summer.
We do not know how much English would cost, but the report has also revealed that Nottingham Forest had already made an offer of around 30 million euros for the young person, or around 26 million pounds sterling.
Although this is probably a complicated and expensive transfer to overcome the line this summer, Lewis has shown enough in his short career that Chelsea should do what they can to do, especially since he could be another palmer.
The first thing to say is that, yes, Lewis and Palmer play in entirely different positions in the field and, therefore, play the game in different ways.
However, this does not mean that the first could not be a new version of the latter, because the comparison does not really concern their position on the ground.
Instead, if this transfer should occur, it would be another example of the city, selling one of their young and fascinating graduates of the Academy in the Blues.
Not only that, but the one who probably obtained a future in the senior configuration of England, because he has already won five caps for the team at only 20 years old.
In fact, not only Pep Guardiola and Co would allow another talented player to move to Stamford Bridge, but they could leave a real superstar in the passage to a rival.
We say this because, when you take a look under the hood, to the underlying numbers of the right back, they are sensational.
For example, Fbref classifies the jewel born in Bury in the upper 1% of the lateral rear in the best five leagues in Europe for the completion of the pass, the highest 4% for balls, the highest 7% for races, the 2% upper for progressive leaves, the 9% higher for the past in the last third and more, all for 90.
Lewis scout report |
||
---|---|---|
Statistics |
By 90 |
Centile |
Get the completion% |
91.9% |
Top 1% |
The finished passes |
59.83 |
Top 4% |
Pass the completion% (long) |
65.2% |
Top 4% |
Through the balls |
0.24 |
Top 4% |
Let pass received |
53.11 |
Top 6% |
Transportation |
43.58 |
Top 7% |
Progressive passes |
6.03 |
Top 8% |
Share live |
58.86 |
Top 8% |
Go to the last third party |
4.88 |
Top 9% |
Total transport distance |
219.04 |
Top 10% |
Keys (ATT 3rd) |
24.21 |
Top 11% |
In other words, “exceptional” talent, As nicknamed by GuardiolaShows serious signs that he could be a world class player in time, just as there would have been signs that Palmer was something special before his move two years ago.
In the end, even if the final costs are substantial, Chelsea should do what they can to sign Lewis this summer, because it could be an essential market opportunity.