Manchester United have been told that a deal for Chelsea standout Cole Palmer is incredibly unlikely unless they pay a \u2018record\u2019 fee for the Englishman.<\/p>\n
Palmer<\/strong> <\/a>has been heavily linked with a potential return to Manchester via a move to Man Utd in recent weeks, with it reported that he is \u2018unsettled\u2019 at Stamford Bridge.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n During his time at Chelsea<\/strong><\/a>, Palmer has established himself as one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe, and he is certainly their best player.<\/p>\n Therefore, it certainly won\u2019t be easy for Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> (or any other club) to sign Palmer, especially because he is under contract with Chelsea until 2033.<\/p>\n Palmer has been mooted as a potential long-term replacement for Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes, but the Red Devils have been told that a deal is a \u201cnon-starter right now\u201d.<\/p>\n This is according to reporter Pete O\u2019Rourke, who has told Football Insider that Chelsea \u2018could accept\u2019 Palmer\u2019s exit, but this is dependent on Man Utd making a \u2018record\u2019 offer worth around \u00a3125m.<\/p>\n \u201cChelsea don\u2019t want to lose him, he\u2019s under contract until 2033,\u201d O\u2019Rourke informed Football Insider.<\/a><\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Ballard, Stach to Man Utd: Ten Premier League newbies poised for pillaging<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think to even consider selling him it would probably have to be a record fee for the Premier League, as well, and that\u2019s why I don\u2019t see this deal being done.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t see Manchester United paying what Chelsea would need for him to be sold, and as I said, I don\u2019t think Chelsea want to sell him either, so it\u2019s a non-starter for me right now.\u201c<\/p>\n Football finance expert Stefan Borson, like the rest of us, is having none of this transfer and has explained why it is \u201cjust not going to happen\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just not going to happen, is it? Why would Chelsea sell unless they were forced to?\u201d Borson told Football Insider.<\/p>\n MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> \u201cIf they are, United are not in a position to do it. United are going through a period of austerity. It\u2019s planned austerity, but they are looking to bring down their overall cost of the wage bill and the investment in the side.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re looking to outperform that spend and Palmer wouldn\u2019t fit within that. Palmer would probably be a British record. It would certainly be close to Isak if it happened, and his wages would be enormous, so I think it\u2019s very unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n He added:\u00a0\u201cWhy would Chelsea want to sell anyway?<\/p>\n \u201cClearly, if the player wants to leave, then that\u2019s a different discussion, and that has been some of the hints.<\/p>\n \u201cApparently, he\u2019s a United fan, so none of these things are impossible over the next four or five years, but I just don\u2019t think it\u2019s anywhere near likely in the next couple.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have been told that a deal for Chelsea standout Cole Palmer is incredibly unlikely unless they…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":561219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[461,3241,9655,3782,50,220,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-561218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-chelsea","tag-cole-palmer","tag-home-page","tag-manchester-united","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116001814769647104","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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