{"id":12758,"date":"2025-03-18T09:34:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=12758"},"modified":"2025-03-19T09:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:40:25","slug":"paul-scholes-reveals-the-biggest-mistake-chelsea-are-making-with-cole-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/paul-scholes-reveals-the-biggest-mistake-chelsea-are-making-with-cole-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Scholes reveals the biggest mistake Chelsea are making with Cole Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Palmer’s form has dipped in 2025 (Picture: Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes<\/a> fears Cole Palmer<\/a> is operating in a comfort zone at Chelsea<\/a> and needs a more challenging environment if he is to fulfil his potential.<\/p>\n

The England international’s form has mirrored that of a side that find themselves in the midst of a dire run of results which culminated in Sunday’s limp 1-0 defeat at Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Palmer missed the game as a consequence of a muscle injury<\/a> and is likely to pull out of international duty having been named in Thomas Tuchel’s first England squad last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is, perhaps, no surprise that Palmer has been unable to maintain the standards he set over the course of his first 18 months as a Chelsea player.<\/p>\n

Having been deemed surplus to requirements by Manchester City, Palmer quickly established himself as one of the key components of Chelsea’s rebuilding project before impressing with the Three Lions at Euro 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Palmer started the current campaign in similarly outstanding form, but the weight of expectancy, allied to the number of minutes he has been asked to play, appears to have taken its toll on the 22-year-old in recent games.<\/p>\n

However, speaking on the latest episode of The Overlap<\/a> with Sky Bet<\/a>, ex-Manchester United and England midfielder Scholes argued that Palmer actually needs to be ‘challenged more’ – even if that means moving club.<\/p>\n

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Palmer missed Chelsea’s loss to Arsenal due to a muscle injury (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Scholes, Chelsea in their current guise are not giving any sort of indication that they are ‘desperate’ to lift major trophies.<\/p>\n

‘I\u2019ve felt for a while that for Cole Palmer, it\u2019s almost been too easy for him to play in that Chelsea team,’ Scholes said.<\/p>\n

‘He knows he\u2019ll play every week and be the best player. I think he needs challenging more, and I don\u2019t get the impression that they [Chelsea] are desperate to win anything.’<\/p>\n

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