Palmer still growing but doing well, he's grateful to City - Pochettino
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino said that Cole Palmer is still growing as a player but is doing well and that the youngster is grateful to Manchester City for developing him and letting him join Chelsea as they prepare for the FA Cup semi-final
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00:00You've talked a lot about Karl Palmer over the last few months, but when you sort of sat there and analysed what he did the other night, and you look at his goal scoring level with Harlan's possible BNB, did you expect him to have that much to his game? You've talked about his mentality and his talent and how coachable he is, but that kind of goal scoring in him, or was that a surprise to you?
00:28That is a consequence of his show, and then the team-mates also that provide the possibility to pass the ball in the right moment, and of course he's the taker of penalty that is helping also.
00:43But always I'm going to say, honestly, we never judge the player when we sign the player, we sign players believing that they can perform, but it's true that he's performing in a very good way, maybe over expectation, because it's not only he's adding to the team playing well and performing in the way that we expect, if not scoring goals.
01:12And of course I think it's his first consistent season playing, also we need to be careful because he's young, still young, he's growing, he needs to evolve and develop in different areas in his game.
01:32But of course, expectation, I think it's over expectation, he's far away from what we expected from the beginning, I need to be honest.
01:44He looks so cool, is he like that all the time? But on the flip side of that, this week, there is a sense that maybe he's got a bit of a point to prove? Players say they just want it a bit more when they're playing an old club, have you noticed that about him?
02:15He always talked very highly about Manchester City and Pep, and he's not this type of player that has something inside. I think he understood perfectly that maybe for different reasons he wanted to prove himself in another club.
02:38And I think today, to ensure the Parliament here is to thank you also, to Manchester City, to give the possibility to move to another club. But I go back and say that he's not this type of person that wants to prove himself in his former club.
02:58He's very grateful and he talked very highly about Pep and Manchester City.