Boehly wins the “Special” Chelsea Star Award

For some time, nothing seemed to derail the Chelsea’s Cole Palmer train, and the £40 million sensation was repeatedly issued after West London’s statement performance.

From a pleasing Panenka penalty against Brighton and Hove Albion to a delightful Panenka penalty against Tottenham Hotspur, England International took a red hot form in early 2024/25, followed by just 33 Premier League games last season.

The rapid rise is expected to last for a player who is still only 22 years old, with the former Manchester City man failing to score since a 2-2 draw with Bournemouth in mid-January.

These dilemmas were encapsulated by a rare fine misstep on the relegation fighter by Leicester City over the weekend, and Blues Talisman needed his teammates after taking on such a long shooting burden.

Even in this slight downturn in 2025, the decision to offer Palmer in the summer of 2023 was a clear success.

Palmer compared to Chelsea’s Premier League greats

There was a time when rival Spurs were somehow ridiculed by Pep Guardiola as the “Harry Kane team” and Chelsea might have the danger of becoming the “Cole Palmer team”, considering how important he has been to the club’s recent fate.

Indeed, the Blues lost three of three of the five games, Palmer failed to score since the Cherries tied and only nearly overcame Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s fox last weekend.

However, it certainly won’t be long, but before the club’s 20th match reappeared, 60 goals had been scored in 78 matches for the West Londoners in all matches.

As for his performance in the Premier League, the Fleet Football Star has so far been in the top 10 of Chelsea’s leading scorers, and despite not completing his game in the club’s second season, he still scored 36 times so far.

Once his drought is over, Palmer won’t be pushing himself toward the likes of Willian and Nicolas Anelka anytime soon, and he might even see his vision reaching the levels of Eden Hazard, Didier Drogba and Great Frank Lampard, and should see his current contract.

The British kept tethered until 2033, with enough time to make himself the real Chelsea Great, Todd Boehly and Co-op have paid off for their brave investment.

From a less obvious perspective, the ownership regime may have duplicated the business and shrewd with another key signed last summer.

Chelsea’s best signing since Palmer

It is fair to say that Palmer’s addition – in late August 2023 – has been signed since then, and last summer, if there were any benefits to the recent form, it now looked like a mess.

Indeed, Jadon Sancho, who will be permanently signed this summer, has scored only twice this season, while £46.3 million Man Joao Felix has been loaned to AC Milan.

Renato Veiga also moved to Italy to join Juventus, while former Barcelona teenager Marc Guiu failed to score a Premier League goal and is now out of order due to injury.

Pedro Neto recently showed off the flashing, although the Portuguese speed racer still took only three league goals, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was named “one of the most meaningless signings of 2024” by writer Zach Lowy, a branded by writer Zach Lowy in limited leagues.

Arguably, the best signing since landing Boehly has been since Palmer was actually the free transfer capture of Tosin Adarabioyo, while the towering centre-back joined from Fulham after the contract expires.

The oldest outfielder of the season was at the age of 27, the former Palmer had previously risen in Man City before moving to Craven Cottage in 2020.

The experienced centre-back was praised by Fulham boss Marco Silva as a “special player” in the absence of Wesley Fofana, but made 15 appearances so far this season in the season, in the absence of Wesley Fofana.

The 6-foot-5 Titan, already described by manager Enzo Maresca as one of the “leaders” in the locker room, looks like a real bargain for Blues, especially considering that his market value is now at €20 million (£17 million), as stated by Transfermarkt.

As journalist Lloyd Canfield recently said, Tosin’s signing seems to be a “excellent business” that has shown the value of finding bargains in the market rather than always being forced to pay high dollars.

It must be said that Tosin is not the most eye-catching person, nor is it a talent to walk into the door lately, but – with four goals already – the British were pleased with his early influence at Stamford Bridge.