Football
Tyrique George accelerates shock breakthrough as Chelsea face huge summer decisions
Academy graduate has an extended chance to prove his worth as Blues ponder winger shake-up
The prospects of a first-team breakthrough did not look particularly encouraging for Tyrique George at the start of the season. Indeed, if there was one thing Chelsea didn’t need, it was probably another winger.
In his first summer at the helm, Enzo Maresca had made Pedro Neto his marquee, £54million signing, and added Jadon Sancho on loan to complete a quartet of senior wide specialists, alongside Mykhailo Mudryk (£89m) and Noni Madueke (£29m).
Palmer has played exclusively in a central role, while Madueke missed two months with a hamstring problem in the early spring. Neto has been inconsistent and Sancho failed to convince.
