Robbie Savage picks his 2024 award winners including best player, team and surprise package Season’s greetings, whoever you support, from the top of the Premier League to grassroots.
And even at £42.5 million, Palmer is the bargain of the century who has transformed the outlook at Stamford Bridge just as Peter Schmeichel (£500,000) and Eric Cantona (£1.2m) turned Manchester United into serial winners.
As well as his 30 goals for club and country, including four in a 6-0 rout of Everton, more than anyone he has turned Chelsea into title contenders.
From a frustrated kid who wasn’t happy with the amount of game time he was getting at Manchester City, Palmer is now the Premier League’s brightest star.
It’s fair to say fans were not completely sold on Nuno Espirito Santo’s appointment as manager, but he has done a superb job, the recruitment has been spot-on and the City Ground is rocking again.
