Cole Palmer ambling round the pitch with minimal impact at Stamford Bridge in last weekend’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City was a familiar enough sight this season for Chelsea fans. In the eyes of his managers for club and country, though, it was an increasingly rare one.
Both Liam Rosenior and the England head coach Thomas Tuchel believe Palmer is beginning, gradually, to get back to the player he was for the first 18 months of his time at the club.
