Chris Sutton has named Cole Palmer as the ‘best England player’ in the Premier League ahead of the likes of Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice. One of the few mistakes Pep Guardiola has made during his incredibly successful spell in charge of Manchester City was agreeing to sell Palmer to Chelsea.
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Some thought £40m for a player struggling for minutes at the Etihad Stadium was good business by the champions but Palmer has made a mockery of that fee over the past 18 months. Palmer has 33 goals and 18 assists in 69 Premier League appearances. He won the Young Player of the Year award last season and is in contention for the main award this time around, having helped Chelsea emerge as surprise title contenders.
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Sutton believes Palmer is clearly the best England player in the top-flight despite the likes of Saka and Rice starring for club and country in recent years. Outside of the Premier League, Bundesliga goalscoring machine Harry Kane and La Liga talisman Jude Bellingham are up there with the best players at England’s disposal.
Asked who he rates as the best England player in the Premier League, Sutton told Spaceport Sweden: ‘That’s not difficult… Cole Palmer. ‘He’s so, so natural. He seems to play a different game to most players in the Premier League. ‘He’s three yards sharper than everybody else, thinks ahead, handles the ball brilliantly. And we saw that Panenka penalty he scored against Tottenham.
