Former Tottenham Hotspur boss Tim Sherwood has heaped praise on Chelsea star Cole Palmer.

“It’s incredible,” Sherwood said on The Seaman Says podcast with Betway when asked about Palmer.

“I mean, he’s just plays at his own pace. I saw him last year in a very poor Chelsea side and I remember saying to him afterwards, ‘you just need to build a team around you and then you need a support act.’

“I think [Chelsea boss Enzo] Maresca’s gone in and there certainly has been an upturn there, and he seems to have a group of players who he trusts now.

“Romeo Lavia, for me, is going to be a top-drawer, top-class midfield player. I think he’s incredible as well.

“Every time he gets the ball, he just looks to see where Cole is and he just shifts it two yards to the right and threads it through the hole to him.

“Once he gets behind the midfield on his back foot and he faces the defenders, it scares them to death because the Chelsea forwards, all of a sudden start moving and he finds a pass and the weight of pass and the correct timing of the pass as well.”

“For me, it’s very, very difficult for Thomas Tuchel, the England manager now, to pick between this group of players,” Sherwood added.

“They’ve got so many No. 10s, but for me, he’s the pick of all of them. He’s becoming world class but he needs to do it on a more consistent basis.

“And I think he will do that. The best No. 10 I ever played against was Dennis Bergkamp and he will have Dennis’ qualities, on that back foot.

“You ask [Ian] Wrighty who played up-front with him, it was a dream because he would just give you the ball when you need it, not when he’s finished with it.

“I think Cole’s becoming that and he’s adding numbers to his game with his assists and goals.”