Cole Palmer has been rated the second best playmaker in Europe by football experts, in another endorsement of the Englishman’s phenomenal talent.
The Chelsea star has bagged 19 assists since joining the Blues last summer and is developing a lethal partnership with Nicolas Jackson this season.
The CIES Football Observatory Brainiacs have carefully developed a chance creation index, which combines assists, passes leading to a clear chance and other factors to determine the best playmakers.
Palmer has an index score of 94.3 and is second only to Paris Saint-Germain’s 20-year-old Joao Neves, the former Benfica youngster who had a host of top clubs chasing him this summer. Given their rating of 99.4, it must be acknowledged that Arsenal limited their influence in Tuesday night’s 2-0 Champions League victory.
Mohamed Salah is the only other Premier League star to have cracked the top 10, coming ninth with a rating of 87.1 and defending an excellent contract with Liverpool despite being 32 years old. He already has four assists this season.
Cole Palmer has been ranked as the second best playmaker in Europe by football experts.
PSG and Portugal star Joao Neves outperforms the competition with a score of 99.4
Mohamed Salah obtained the second best score in the Premier League and the ninth in Europe
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Everton’s Dwight McNeil complete the top 15 European creators, with scores of 85.3 and 85.1.
Tottenham pair James Maddison and Heung Min-son and, perhaps to the surprise of some, Chelsea midfielder Moisés Caicedo are not far behind.
Lamine Yamal has been all the rage since his impressive performances in Spain’s victorious Euro 2024 campaign and is ranked fourth despite being just 17 years old.
The less hyped name, Werder Bremen’s Romano Schmid, sneaks into the top three, while talented Villarreal winger Alex Baena is fifth. Interestingly, Werder Bremen are the only club with two players in the top 10; his Mitchell Weiser also breaks through.
This latest win for Palmer, well ahead of his Premier League rivals on the index, backs up his manager Enzo Maresca’s claim that he is the “best player” in the Premier League after scoring four goals against Brighton last weekend. of week.
‘Goals, assists, best player in the Premier League, that doesn’t change his way of being. He is a simple guy, a humble guy and this is, for me, the most important thing,” said Maresca.
“Nowadays in football, young players change very quickly. They score a goal and they think they’re done… you know.
“Cole has scored many goals, many assists, he is a top-level player, but he never changes and this is the most important thing.”
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On a technicality, Palmer actually has the third-best score in Europe as a whole.
The research gives a score of 94.4 to Íñigo Vicente, from Racing de Santander, but he plays in the Spanish second division.
There is also another giant of world football who surpasses Palmer among 65 classified leagues: Lionel Messi.
The Inter Miami star has not lost his shine according to the research, scoring a whopping 98.2 to make him the second best creator in the world, with Palmer in fourth place behind Neves, himself and Vicente.
