Cole Palmer's Chelsea goal celebration explained
The disarming nonchalance Cole Palmer has shown throughout his debut season at Chelsea can mask how little top-flight experience the 21-year-old possessed before moving to west London. Palmer joined Manchester City as a six-year-old but was only afforded three Premier League starts in Pep Guardiola's superteam. Chelsea paid £42.5m for an attacking midfielder with promise but one with fewer league goals (zero) or assists (one) than Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson (one goal, three assists). The gamble has well and truly paid off. Even in Mauricio Pochettino's chaotic squad, Palmer has effortlessly excelled, strolling through Game s and stroking the ball into the back of the net with alarming regularity. Before the halfway stage of his debut campaign, Palmer had already scored more Premier League goals than any Chelsea player managed across the entirety of the previous season. On such a prolific run, Palmer has had ample opportunity to craft a trademark goal celebration. The p...