Chelsea can take Palmer to new heights by signing the “finest CF available on the market”

Chelsea have definitely had their points in entrance of purpose this season. While the Blues are up there with among the high scorers within the Premier League, discovering the again of the web on 63 events, they’ve definitely left a bit of to be desired at occasions.

As per Understat, they’re grossly underachieving on their anticipated objectives tally. Enzo Maresca’s facet have an anticipated objectives of 70.51xG, that means they’re over eight objectives behind the place they need to be this time period. Amongst the edges with 60 or extra objectives, they’re the edges underachieving gon their anticipated objectives probably the most.

Nicely, maybe one cause why they’ve struggled of late could possibly be the type of Cole Palmer.

Palmer’s latest type for Chelsea

Regardless of Jamie Carragher describing Palmer as “one of the best participant within the Premier League” again in October, it has been a lean few months of type for the England worldwide.

He has definitely seen a drop-off within the variety of objectives and assists in latest weeks.

This time period has, total, been fruitful for Palmer as soon as once more, from a objectives and assists viewpoint. He’s managed 24 of them mixed in whole, having featured in 36 video games for the Blues within the Premier League.

Nevertheless, the 22-year-old did go on a prolonged purpose drought not too long ago. He really went 12 video games and not using a purpose, choosing up simply three assists in that point, too. He ended the run with a penalty towards Liverpool in a 3-1 win.

Palmer’s purpose drought certainly impacted Chelsea’s struggles in entrance of purpose, however maybe so did the truth that objectives had been robust to return by from elsewhere, too. As per Sofascore, Nicolas Jackson is the one different individual in double figures for objectives this season.

Given Palmer has created 23 massive possibilities, it definitely looks as if they want one other presence up entrance to make their talisman unplayable as soon as once more. They’ve not too long ago been linked with somebody who may present the reply to their struggles.

The signing who might help resolve Chelsea’s purpose drought

So, it actually does seem to be the Blues want a quantity 9 to assist put the ball into the again of the web extra typically. Nicely, as reported by BBC Sports activities’ Nizaar Kinsella earlier this week, a transfer for one of the heavily-linked forwards, Victor Osimhen, ‘is not being dominated out at this stage’.

The striker, who was valued at £64m by Tuttosport final month, is perhaps simply the person Chelsea want to repair their points in entrance of purpose. He’s at present having fun with a profitable season in entrance of purpose for Galatasaray, the place he’s on mortgage from Napoli.

This time period, the Nigerian worldwide has managed a outstanding 33 objectives in 38 video games for the Turkish membership, with six of these coming in seven Europa League appearances. That included two strikes towards Chelsea’s London rivals Tottenham Hotspur within the group stage.

The 26-year-old definitely has a watch for purpose, which was additionally the case all through his Napoli profession. He bagged 76 objectives in that well-known Blue shirt of Gli Azzurri, coming in simply 133 video games. The Scudetto-winning season of 2022/23 noticed him discover the again of the web 26 occasions in 32 video games.

Osimhen’s underlying numbers from the final 12 months, courtesy of FBref, present simply why he might help Chelsea rating extra objectives and take Palmer to even larger heights, given all the possibilities he creates. For instance, the striker averages 0.88 objectives per sport, which ranks him within the high 4% of strikers in Europe.

There isn’t any doubt that, while the £64m reportedly wanted to signal Osimhen is a giant funding, it is perhaps a mandatory one for the Blues. Palmer is a chance-creation machine, and with the striker’s document and glorious underlying stats, he could possibly be the man to make him attain even larger heights, getting on the top of all of the alternatives he creates.

This looks as if a deal that Chelsea must get executed earlier than anybody else can beat them to it. As Statman Dave mentioned, he’s “one of the best striker available on the market” in the mean time, and the Blues merely cannot miss out.

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