{"id":365419,"date":"2025-12-22T22:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365419\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:32:27","slug":"chelsea-have-a-player-who-is-now-worth-more-than-star-man-cole-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365419\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea have a player who is now worth more than star man Cole Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Very few in the Premier League can say they are currently worth more than Chelsea star Cole Palmer after the levels he has reached since his move to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have been desperately missing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/cole-palmer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palmer<\/a> this season due to his ongoing groin injury, leaving him only able to start five league games so far.<\/p>\n<p>His importance to the side is best summed up by the fact he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/the-three-national-team-captains-who-voted-cole-palmer-as-their-fifa-player-of-the-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">received votes for the FIFPro Player of the Year award<\/a>, whilst ending up in the best team of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>A positive for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> though as they do not rely on Palmer as much as they used to, with a number of other players stepping up in the final third in his absence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252861336-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"Cole Palmer of Chelsea looks on during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-341259\" \/>Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty ImagesEstevao Willian is now worth more than Cole Palmer<\/p>\n<p>One of those who frequently gets fans out of their seats at Stamford Bridge is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/estevao-willian\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estevao Willian<\/a>, with his summer arrival being seen by many as their best signing of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/columnist\/estevao-willian-has-already-received-fantastic-news-for-2026-and-absolutely-deserves-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estevao has already made himself a guarantee for the Brazil squad<\/a> at the upcoming World Cup, and his rapid rise towards the top is reflected in his current market value.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cies_football\/status\/2002755947408859257?s=46&amp;t=Obk7_Tuk7ajbZ4IVnByAjQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CIES Football Observatory<\/a>, the wonderkid\u2019s fair market value is around \u00a3105m, the highest of any Chelsea player.<\/p>\n<p>This is even higher than Palmer\u2019s estimated transfer value, which the same source puts down at around \u00a3103m.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248438487-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea winger Estevao Willian celebrating goal against Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-338091\" \/>Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesChelsea fans waiting to see Palmer and Estevao combination<\/p>\n<p>Despite the excitement about Chelsea\u2019s two most entertaining players, supporters are yet to see the two start a game together.<\/p>\n<p>Estevao was handed his first start for the club after Palmer pulled out during the warm up of Chelsea\u2019s win over West Ham, and since then the two have not been available together.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming fixture against Aston Villa could be a chance for this run to come to an end, assuming the Brazilian has recovered from his own recent injury woes.<\/p>\n<p> Chelsea\u2019s injury list ahead of Aston Villa <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TCC-9-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Estevao Willian celebrates scoring for Chelsea vs Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-341463\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Would you start either of Estevao or Delap against Villa? Or can a better attack be formed\u2026?<\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Many are seeing the combination of Palmer and Estevao as the future of Chelsea, however will want that future to become the present very quickly in order to bolster their chances on all four fronts.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Very few in the Premier League can say they are currently worth more than Chelsea star Cole Palmer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,39448,66625,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-365419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cole-palmer","11":"tag-estevao-willian","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}