Mauricio Pochettino reveals Chelsea signing Cole Palmer was not his idea

The Blues boss was not the brains behind the move.

The 21-year-old was unveiled as a Blues player on Friday in one of the more surprising moves of the summer transfer window, leaving theThe England Under-21 star scored memorable goals in the Community Shield against Arsenal and UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla, but has decided to leave the Etihad and continue his career at Stamford Bridge.

Asked for his thoughts on the new signing at a press conference on Friday, Pochettino said the transfer was down to co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley. On why he felt Palmer wanted to come to Chelsea, the manager said: ‘Also he decided to come because he expects to play maybe more and be important here but I think that is not the most important. He decided to come becauseis a project for him and improve his game and going to be more involved in every single game.

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