Manchester City U-21 attacking Midfielder, Cole Palmer made a last minute switch to the Stamford Bridge during the summer transfer window.

The deadline day move has raised some eyebrows, as Palmer dumped City to move to Stamford Bridge, for a fee of £45m.

According to The Athletic, an unknown agent says he’s baffled by the decision: “Chelsea didn’t need him. And he’s on his pathway, he’s done incredibly well to get the exposure he got at Man City and that shows the level of player he is.

“It doesn’t make sense for Chelsea. It doesn’t make sense for City if they believe in him – but that might say something. Equally as importantly, what’s it done for the lad? You’ve got a really tough pathway at Man City, but all the natural positive emotions of coming through an academy. I’d get it if he moved to go and play games, to be a superstar and be the first name on the teamsheet. But he’s just got the same problem now in a different shirt.”

Questioning the deal, another agent added: “Cole Palmer, based on the irony of Chelsea selling a lot of their academy graduates for really good money and then flipping the whole model on its head by going and getting one of their biggest rivals’ best academy graduates for an insane amount.”