Cole Palmer, author of a quadruple on Saturday against Brighton (4-2), “scored a lot of goals, made a lot of assists, he’s an excellent player, but he never changed and that’s the most important,” said Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca.
The 22-year-old striker on Saturday became the first player to score four goals in the first half of a Premier League match, the prestigious English championship.
With his quadruple completed in the space of 19 minutes and 47 seconds, Palmer is now involved in 35 goals in 2024 for Chelsea, the club he joined in the summer of 2023 from Manchester City.
“It’s a good thing that he continues to be hungry, to be ambitious,” congratulated Enzo Maresca, former coach of the under-23s and then assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
“The best thing about him is that the boy he is today was exactly the same three or four years ago,” the Italian technician said in a post-match conference. , appointed Chelsea coach in the offseason.
“The goals, the assists, the title of best player in the Premier League, all that changes nothing about his personality. He’s a simple guy, a humble guy and that’s, for him, for me, the most important thing,” Maresca said.
Palmer has become one of the stars of the English championship, the most followed in the world, but this notoriety has not changed his personality, he insisted.
“In football today, young players change very quickly. They score a goal and they think they’re already… Cole has scored a lot of goals, made a lot of assists, he’s an excellent player, but he’s never changed. And that’s the most important thing,” Maresca said.
