Chelsea star is proving he could be Boehly’s best buy and it’s not Palmer

Chelsea additional strengthened their title problem with a 2-1 victory over Brentford that moved them to inside two factors of leaders Liverpool within the Premier League desk.

Regardless of Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca telling reporters that his aspect are ‘not able to compete for the title,’ the victory at Stamford Bridge was Chelsea’s fifth consecutive win within the league and they’re at the moment the league’s most in-form aspect.

After a number of home windows of splashing the money, evidently Maresca has lastly discovered a system for bringing the perfect out of the wealth of expertise at his disposal.

Chelsea dominated Brentford with 62% possession and 26 objective makes an attempt in a recreation that ought to have seen a extra comfy scoreline for the Blues.

Objectives from Marc Cucurella and Nicolas Jackson ensured the three factors stayed at Stamford Bridge however two of Todd Boehly’s signings particularly are grabbing the headlines for his or her sensational kind this season.

Cole Palmer’s season in numbers

Cole Palmer has dazzled since his £40m transfer from Manchester Metropolis again in 2023. The Chelsea playmaker was named Premier League and PFA Younger Participant of the 12 months final season after telling GQ journal that he ‘bought persuaded to maneuver to Chelsea’ and wasn’t anticipating to go away his boyhood membership Manchester Metropolis.

Since then, Palmer hasn’t appeared again and after amassing 22 targets and 11 assists in his first season at Stamford Bridge, the England star has continued his fantastic kind with 11 targets and 6 assists already this marketing campaign.

The playmaker has already supplied some magical moments in a Chelsea shirt this time period, together with scoring 4 first-half targets v Brighton and lately scoring a ‘Panenka’ model penalty towards rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

Nonetheless, it appears that it’s not simply the signing of Palmer that’s beginning to click on at Chelsea and one other midfielder in Maresca’s aspect could also be simply as huge of a think about Chelsea’s main upturn in kind.

How Enzo Fernandez is proving his price ticket

It’s truthful to say that it has taken some time for midfielder Enzo Fernandez to show why Chelsea paid £107m again in January 2023. It was just a few months in the past that a number of Chelsea information retailers and followers have been calling the Argentine midfielder a ‘waste of cash.’

But, after a difficult begin to the present marketing campaign, Fernandez has now began to point out why proprietor Boehly splashed the money on the World Cup winner and the midfielder’s performances have been a key think about driving Chelsea to inside touching distance of the summit of the Premier League.

Fernandez has made 20 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea this season and already has 11 objective contributions with three targets and eight assists.

While the significance of Palmer is evident for followers and pundits alike to see, Chelsea boss Maresca can have little doubt seen the rising affect of the Argentine midfielder on his aspect and the very fact he’s outperforming Palmer in quite a lot of key metrics.

Fernandez has a better share of pictures heading in the right direction than Palmer and has created virtually one objective motion per recreation in his appearances to date this season.

Chelsea are more and more trying to play by the previous Benfica man in midfield, with Fernandez having extra touches than Palmer regardless of enjoying fewer minutes and having a better go completion than his colleague.

Defensively, Fernandez is outperforming Palmer in key areas too, having received 9 extra tackles and profitable considerably extra aerial duels.

Profitable the Premier League requires particular gamers to return to the fore and with Fernandez and Palmer, Chelsea definitely look to have two in-form skills at current.

Maybe the Argentine might go on to usurp Palmer as Boehly’s finest purchase within the close to future…