Pedro was at a six against Crystal Palace<\/a> last Sunday, not putting in his best performance, but the forward has looked sharp overall since joining the Blues. He scored in both of Chelsea\u2019s pre-season friendlies after netting in the Club World Cup final versus Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n Even so, Merson<\/a> has questioned the club\u2019s decision not to sign another attacker from the Premier League<\/a>, believing that he would have taken some of the load off Cole Palmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze<\/a> could be about to join Chelsea\u2019s London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n While they have been linked with him in the past, the Conference League holders are not challenging Spurs for his signature, a decision that has puzzled Merson.<\/p>\n \u201cI cannot believe Chelsea aren\u2019t going for Eberechi Eze,\u201d the retired attacker said in his Sky Sports<\/a> column. \u201cI really don\u2019t know what I am missing. They buy winger after winger, but they need guile. They need more than Palmer.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you get Eze, you then have two players who can break teams down. They are predictable for me. They play with two quick wingers with Palmer trying to feed them.\u201d<\/p>\n The 27-year-old almost won all three points for Palace in their recent London derby with Chelsea. Eze scored a terrific free-kick<\/a> against Enzo Maresca<\/a>\u2018s side, but it was disallowed following VAR intervention.<\/p>\n While Palmer will not get to link up with Eze at club level this season, he could still become Xavi Simons and Alejandro Garnacho\u2019s teammate before the transfer window closes. Chelsea remain interested in both the RB Leipzig and Manchester United stars.<\/p>\n While Palmer\u2019s form really tailed off in the second half of the 2024\/25 Premier League season, the attacking midfielder can still be pleased with his overall campaign.<\/p>\n The same can also be said about Eze. The England international did not score as many goals as Palmer, but he did manage to register the same number of assists despite playing fewer minutes.<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see what level Eze reaches if he does join Tottenham or another top Premier League club this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of Chelsea\u2019s transfer business has puzzled Arsenal legend and Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson. Chelsea have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7856,4496,65363,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-96728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-cole-palmer","9":"tag-eberechi-eze","10":"tag-paul-merson","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Manchester](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2173183964-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesPaul Merson baffled by Chelsea\u2019s decision not to go after Eberechi Eze<\/p>\n![\"Eze](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2216144270-1024x697.jpg\")
Photo by Richard Pelham\/Getty ImagesCole Palmer and Eberechi Eze\u2019s 2024\/25 season stats<\/p>\n![\"Cole](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2168460473-1024x694.jpg\")
Photo by Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesPlayerGamesMinutesGoalsAssistsShots per gameKey passes per gameDribbles per gameCole Palmer373,1991583.42.41.4Eberechi Eze342,6048831.72Via Cole Palmer\u2019s WhoScored<\/a> and Eberechi Eze\u2019s WhoScored<\/a> pages<\/p>\n