Cole Palmer has been Chelsea’s best player this season, without a doubt.
The 21-year-old joined Chelsea from Manchester City on deadline day last summer for £42.5million.
Palmer has scored 19 goals and made 13 assists in 37 appearances.
For all of Palmer’s fine displays, Chelsea are 9th in the league, and have been inconsistent this season.
Former Liverpool striker John Barnes, is of the opinion that Chelsea are over reliant on Cole Palmer, and the team could end up playing better without him, despite him being the best player at the club.
“Well has anyone considered that if Cole Palmer wasn’t playing and someone else was, could Chelsea be better off? We don’t know,” he told BonusCodeBets.
“They could be higher up the league. It’s not a question of individual players where we say if he wasn’t playing Chelsea would be worse off because we just don’t know.
“We do know he is playing well for Chelsea but remember when [Philippe] Coutinho was at Liverpool and he was their best player. Then Coutinho left and Liverpool became a better team.
“Look at Harry Kane when he left Tottenham. You could argue Tottenham are a better team without Harry Kane as good as Kane was.
“We can’t say if Cole Palmer wasn’t there, Chelsea would be a worse team because they may have to play better as a collective team. However, Palmer is certainly having a great season at Chelsea.”