Chelsea will be hoping to finish the season on a high, with Champions League qualification and the Europa Conference League trophy up for grabs.
Chelsea hit the ground running early in the season and were deemed dark horses for the title at one point.
Although they were never expected to keep it up at this stage of their rebuild, they’re still doing well, with many players impressing.
Theo Walcott has now spoken about a player in Chelsea’s ranks who he likened to Dennis Bergkamp and deemed “out of the ordinary”.
Theo Walcott likens Chelsea star Cole Palmer to Dennis Bergkamp
The player in question is Cole Palmer, who enjoyed a wonderful first half of the season and ended his goal drought just recently.
Even though Palmer’s form hasn’t been quite so strong in the second half of the season, Walcott stressed that Chelsea wouldn’t be where they are now if not for him.
Walcott, speaking on the latest episode of Rising Stars on the Premier League YouTube channel, said he’s a big fan of Palmer.
“The goals he’s scored, Chelsea wouldn’t be where they are right now without his goals and assists,” Walcott said.
“I’m a big fan of his, he reminds me of a left-footed Bergkamp type of player.
“He does things out of the ordinary, the goals, great, but it’s the other things where he really operates on the pitch really well.”
What Cole Palmer has said about his downturn in form
Palmer was superb in Chelsea’s recent win over Liverpool and capped his display off with a goal from the penalty spot to make it 3-1 to the hosts.
And though Chelsea then lost to Newcastle, Palmer stepped up as the Blues mounted a spirited second-half display at St James’ Park.
“It’s been a learning curve,” Palmer said to the Chelsea media team about his season. “I feel in the first half of the season, I picked up from where I was last season.
“Then I had a little patch. Obviously, that bothered me because when you go from scoring every week, scoring hat-tricks, and then go to a patch when things aren’t happening for you, you think about what’s going on.
“But I spoke to the manager and people here, and they said it was normal.”
Chelsea fans recently speculated that Palmer’s loss of form was down to Enzo Maresca not playing him properly.
