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Former Chelsea midfielder Gus Poyet has bizarrely claimed that Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer should not start together.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In what I see as a wild opinion, Poyet tries to make an argument as to why Fernandez and Palmer cannot start together on the same team.<\/p>\n

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I think I can potentially at least see where he is coming from with this opinion, but for me, to win matches you need to have your best players on the pitch. You of course also do need that squad balance of creators and hard workers as well, but Palmer and Fernandez for me are just two players who need to be starting, however you get them in there.<\/p>\n

Poyet’s bizarre view<\/h2>\n
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Cole Palmer as Chelsea captain against Port Vale. (Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In words quoted on X, Poyet told talkSPORT this week:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy biggest mistake in football as a coach was at Real Betis. I have very good individual players, and I tried to play them all together, and it didn\u2019t work, and then I got sacked. So I blame myself for not being able to leave one big name out and perform.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter seeing (Cole) Palmer last year, he was the most influential player in the Premier League, to have to play him on the right because you have two 100 million players in midfield is strange. I mean, you first accommodate your best player, and then you see which system you can play.\u201d<\/p>\n

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