PSG Entices Cole Palmer with €250m

Cole Palmer

Paris Saint-Germain are lining up a €250m world-record offer to sign Chelsea attacker Cole Palmer this summer, according to reports.

Enzo Maresca’s side defeated PSG in the Club World Cup final in emphatic fashion with the Blues scoring three times in the first half to put the French team to the sword.

Chelsea star Palmer scored two beautiful goals before grabbing the assist for Joao Pedro to make it three with PSG’s Joao Neves shown a red card in the second half.

Over the last two seasons in the Premier League, Palmer has contributed 37 goals and 19 assists in 70 matches with Manchester City no doubt regretting the sale.

And now Spanish website Fichajes insists that PSG sporting directors ‘have outlined an ambitious plan to sign the 23-year-old, and according to sources close to the deal, the club is prepared to present a historic offer’ of €250m

The €222m that PSG paid for Brazilian forward Neymar from Barcelona in 2017 remains the world record for a transfer fee in football with the rumoured deal for Palmer set to eclipse that.

But Chelsea are ‘not considering his departure under any circumstances’ and the Blues hierarchy see ‘Palmer as the figure around which to build a new era’.

For his part, the report adds that Palmer ‘feels comfortable in London and has shown no signs of wanting to leave the club’ with PSG continuing ‘to wait for the tiniest opening to negotiate’.

Reacting to Chelsea winning the Club World Cup, Palmer spoke of the good mentality in the squad to win when “everyone doubted” Maresca’s outfit before the match.