"I said it [that Cole Palmer is the signing of the season] after the game in the height of excitement and I’m sober today and I still think it… I think so,’ ex-Chelsea star Joe Cole told TNT Sports a couple of days after Palmer's hat-trick in a 4-3 win over Man United.
"I can’t see an argument against, for the money Chelsea paid for him and the age he’s at and what he’s done for Chelsea.
"I shudder to think where Chelsea would be if Cole Palmer hadn’t put pen to paper. He’s been that good, he really has.
"There have been three or four or five players at the club that I think have done well this year, but he’s been outstanding. He really has."
In his first season at Chelsea, Palmer has already scored 16 goals in the Premier League, providing eight assists as well.
