Gary Neville firmly believes the signing of Cole Palmer would be \u2018gold\u2019 for Manchester United, although he has serious doubts over Chelsea agreeing to a blockbuster transfer this summer.<\/p>\n
The England attacker, who inexplicably missed out on a place in Thomas Tuchel\u2019s squad for the World Cup, has been heavily linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge after claims he\u2019s been unsettled in London and pushing for a return to Manchester.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old struggled with form and fitness in the first-half of the campaign, but still finished the season with 10 Premier League goals in a Chelsea<\/a> side that endured a disastrous end to the campaign and finished 10th in the table.<\/p>\n Despite his issues, it\u2019s not stopped interest in Palmer<\/a>\u2018s services, with Man Utd<\/a> and Man City<\/a> emerging as two possible destinations for the attacker, who remains a United supporter.<\/p>\n While his stock has fallen, a recent report in The Sun claimed that new Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso could sacrifice a top star this summer, with the starting point for any Palmer offers now standing at a more reasonable \u00a380million<\/a>. That\u2019s \u00a370m less than the \u00a3150m that was being mooted last summer.<\/p>\n With that in mind, Neville<\/a> has debated the merits of United moving for a player who would be \u2018gold\u2019 at Old Trafford, and a similar signing to the likes of\u00a0\u00a0Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Roy Keane.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Manchester United signed Bryan Robson, Ron Atkinson said something along the lines of \u2018this is no risk, this is gold\u2019,\u201d Neville said on Rio Ferdinand\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Harry Kane would have been that for United, that would have been gold. You [Ferdinand] joining from Leeds, Wazza [Rooney] joining from Everton, Roy Keane from Nottingham Forest \u2013 those are all gold.<\/p>\n \u201cDeclan Rice was the same before he joined Arsenal. They\u2019re absolute guarantees, they\u2019re certainties and in the end they will look cheap.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Sir Alex Ferguson was still in charge of Man United he would never have allowed Harry Kane to be anywhere else, he would have made sure he came to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n \u201cDeclan Rice would have been the same. Sir Alex would have been all over those two.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not about just signing English players because look at Robin van Persie \u2013 he was established in the Premier League and you knew he was going to deliver for you.\u201d<\/p>\n