Cole Palmer

Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, with Martínez sent off between goals from Rogers and Palmer. Rogers scored in the 50th minute with Lavia credited with the assist, Martínez picked up a…

Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. It was goalless until the 77th minute, when Mike Penders scored an own goal, and Mathys Tel scored in the 87th. Cole Palmer was shown a second yellow card…

Chelsea have tied Cole Palmer to a contract that now runs to 2034, only two years after he last signed one. This piece asks what the club is actually buying: the form of the past seven matches, or a fitness…

Chelsea have just paid £117m for Morgan Rogers, making him English football's priciest player. This article explains how the club is funding a deal of that size and why fitting him alongside Cole Palmer may…

Xabi Alonso has given his first public explanation of why he took the Chelsea job rather than returning to Liverpool, the club where he won the Champions League as a player. This covers what he actually said,…

Three officiating changes are set to reshape how football is policed at this summer's World Cup, and each one addresses a grievance supporters have been voicing for seasons. We break down what Pierluigi…

Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad announcement is not simply a list of 26 names - it is a philosophical statement about what kind of team England intend to be this summer. In this piece we examine the rationale…

Thomas Tuchel names his England World Cup squad on Friday, and the names missing from the list are as significant as those on it. This piece examines why a manager who has consistently insisted on form over…

The Cole Palmer to Manchester United conversation has been gathering momentum in the transfer gossip columns, but Paul Scholes is not convinced the move makes structural sense. This piece digs into why the…

Cole Palmer has gone public to shut down the transfer speculation that has surrounded him for much of this season, insisting he is going nowhere from Chelsea and that the Manchester United stories made him…