Cole Palmer is currently a professional footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League.
When Mauricio Pochettino came knocking on Manchester City’s door with a seemingly ludicrous bid for Cole Palmer on the deadline day of the summer 2023 transfer window, more than a few Premier League fans were sceptical.
Sceptical they are no more. The England international has established himself as one of the most exciting young talents in world football and the new poster boy around Stamford Bridge.
Here is absolutely everything you need to know about him.
Cole Palmer Profile
Age
Palmer is currently 21 years old. His birthday is on the 6th of May 2022. He was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Height
Palmer is 6 feet 2 inches tall, which is 1.89 m. His physically imposing nature makes him a handful for the defenders in the air, adding yet another element to his all-round game.
What position does Cole Palmer play?
Palmer is predominantly a right-winger, who can also play as a centre-attacking midfielder. Despite him being left-footed, he’s equally as competent with his right – meaning he can play a variety of positions and still cause dastardly problems for defenders.
Cole Palmer celebration
Palmer first debuted his signature celebration when he netted two against Luton Town in the 23/24 Premier League season.
After both his strikes, Palmer rubbed his arms as if feeling the winter weather, but revealed after the match that it was a nod to his former Manchester City academy team-mate Morgan Rogers.
‘My boy Morgs did one for Middlesbrough, so I told him I’d do it too if I scored,’ explained ‘Cold’ Palmer, dubbed his new nickname after this.
‘I saw the keeper come out and took it round him. Once I’d taken it round the keeper I thought the defender on the line was going to come across fast, so if I waited a second I’d have time to put it in. I was just telling myself to think and keep my composure.’
Cole palmer transfer
Chelsea completed a deal to sign the Manchester City winger on Transfer Deadline Day of summer 2023. The Blues paid an initial £40m with £2.5m in add-ons.
This took the spending at Chelsea under the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership to £1.02bn. It will also take their spending this summer alone to £419m.
Cole palmer price
What looked like a risky purchase for a relatively unproven kid has more than paid off. As of 2024 – Cole Palmer’s new market value is £47 million, as per Transfermarkt.
Cole Palmer Chelsea wage
Cole Palmer signed a 7-year contract with Chelsea, including an annual average salary of £3,900,000 and a weekly wage of £75,000 – as per Spotrac.
Who does Cole Palmer support?
It’s speculated that Palmer, despite playing for Chelsea and City, actually supports Manchester United.
Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha has claimed Palmer was a fan of the club’s biggest rivals Manchester United after the attacker left for Stamford Bridge in the summer.
“I’ve got to address this,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live before Chelsea faced Man City in 2023. “When Cole Palmer was at City, I thought he was good but I was never fighting for him to be starting. And now I see Cole Palmer at Chelsea, and it makes perfect sense that he’s starting because he’s like the guy, do you know what I mean?
“I just think Cole Palmer will be desperate to do something in this game against City, against his former teammates and his former manager who let him go. And, this is the insight that I know, he’s a United fan as well! You saw him last week, I think he was tapping the badge and all sorts. But this game will be the biggest game that he’s had in his career to this point.”
Who is his idol?
Growing up as a Red Devils fan – Palmer’s idol is Wayne Rooney. He said: “What a player. When I was growing up I used to watch all the football and the one that sticks in my mind is Rooney. Ever since I was a little kid he has been my footballing hero.”
Cole Palmer Family
Palmer was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, in 2002 to Marie and Jermaine, with two older sisters. But he has very different ancestry.
Cole Palmer ethnicity
The technically gifted Palmer holds English nationality. Ethnically, Baller has a mix of white British and African roots. Palmer is of Kittitian descent through his father and grandfather.
Cole Palmer grandad
Sterry Cole is the grandfather of Cole Palmer, this is where he gets his Caribbean roots from.
Sterry told how his parents took the painful decision to leave him and his older brother St Clair behind as they tried to establish a better life in the UK.
He told the Daily Mail: ‘My aunt Pearl, another auntie and uncle lived with us and there was my grandmother. I think the house only had three bedrooms but it was always full of people.
‘My parents had already left for England, they went in 1955, five years before my brother and I, so we were brought up by my grandmother and aunties.’
‘Life was very different in Manchester, the people were different as was the weather and the food so it was a bit of a culture shock at first but when you’re young you adapt quite well. We didn’t stay too long in Moss Side before heading out to Rusholme.’