{"id":289609,"date":"2023-09-12T12:34:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=289609"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:34:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:34:23","slug":"cole-palmer-reveals-he-wanted-more-opportunities-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cole-palmer-reveals-he-wanted-more-opportunities-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Palmer reveals he wanted &apos;more opportunities to play&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cole Palmer reveals that first-team football was a major factor in his move from Man City to Chelsea&#8230; as England U21 star admits it was a &#8216;huge decision&#8217; to leave the Treble winners<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The England U21 star completed a \u00a342.5m from Man City to Chelsea this summer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The former Cityzen star admitted it was a &#8216;huge decision&#8217; to leave Manchester\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cole Palmer\u2019s decision to leave Manchester City came after the promise of more chances at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>The forward, who starred in midfield for England\u2019s Under 21s during Monday\u2019s victory in Luxembourg, made 41 appearances for City \u2013 but only three of those were Premier League\u00a0starts.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer assessed his situation after scoring the crucial equaliser in last month\u2019s Super Cup win against Sevilla and surmised that his game time was not going to improve under Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea had registered tentative interest earlier in the summer and intensified that ahead of deadline day, securing a shock \u00a342.5million move for the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m not saying I shied away from the competition (for places at City) because I\u2019ve never done that,\u2019 Palmer said. \u2018I\u2019d been there (around the first team) for a few years and wanted more of an opportunity to play &#8211; in my position and to have more of an impact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/12\/75331697-12508723-image-a-1_1694518769249.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cole Palmer completed a \u00a342.5million move from Man City to Chelsea earlier this summer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/12\/75331701-12508723-image-a-2_1694518780079.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Palmer admitted that he wanted more of an opportunity to play than what City had offered<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a huge decision. When I left the training ground on the Thursday I knew I was going to London the next day. It all just hit me, sat in the car and going to drive out. I was just thinking, \u201cyou\u2019ve been here 15 years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t know any different. I\u2019ve never been on loan. I\u2019ve never moved out of Manchester. The only time I\u2019ve ever been outside of Manchester is on holiday or away games. Going there does feel weird, but there is no time to waste. I\u2019ve got to get to it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Raheem Sterling, Levi Colwill and Noni Madueke all lobbied for Palmer to join them at Stamford Bridge. Palmer made his debut last week, coming off the bench in a midfield role as Chelsea chased the game against Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>It is where Lee Carsley looks set to deploy him in with more regularity as England attempt to defend their European Championship title.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I do like playing there,\u2019 Palmer added. \u2018There is a lot of extra responsibility and I need to work on parts of my game where I need to improve so I can go to the next level. I\u2019ve not thought about the price. I just want to go enjoy football.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Chelsea explained the project, I liked the project. I feel like I can have an impact. I\u2019ve only been there for two days: I trained the Friday and played the Saturday so I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like yet. I\u2019ll get more of a feel for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Hopefully I can go back soon to see the guys on City\u2019s academy side, staff are still there who have been with me since I was six years old. To see them would be nice. Then when we play City at Stamford Bridge and the Etihad, I can say byes properly and say thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12508723\/Cole-Palmer-reveals-wanted-opportunities-play-lead-42-5m-Man-City-Chelsea-England-U21-star-admits-huge-decision-leave-Treble-winners.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cole Palmer reveals that first-team football was a major factor in his move from Man City to Chelsea&#8230; as England U21 star admits it was a &#8216;huge decision&#8217; to leave the Treble winners The England U21 star completed a \u00a342.5m from Man City to Chelsea this summer The former Cityzen star admitted it was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cole Palmer reveals he wanted &amp;apos;more opportunities to play&amp;apos; 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