{"id":8216,"date":"2026-05-14T08:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8216"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:17:34","slug":"cole-palmer-picks-his-current-chelsea-5-a-side-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8216","title":{"rendered":"Cole Palmer picks his current Chelsea 5-a-side team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer has picked his best current Chelsea 5-a-side team, and there is certainly a bit of a surprise at the back.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Palmer has actually not even picked himself in this team, which is quite rare when players are asked to do these kinds of things.<\/p>\n<h3>EXCLUSIVE! Xabi Alonso not making any major demands but emphasising importance of defence, talks progressing well \u2013 Chelsea throwing everything at it!<\/h3>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a<span> <\/span>preferred source on Google<span> <\/span>to make us a favourite and see more of our<span> <\/span>content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His form has been off for a little while now, and some people have been doubting whether he should even be going to the World Cup this summer, let alone starting for Thomas Tuchel\u2019s England side. I think he will go, but I don\u2019t think he will start games from the off.<\/p>\n<p>He needs to step his form back up and show the Cole Palmer that first arrived at Stamford Bridge from Manchester City \u2013 that player was heading towards world class levels. But this current Cole Palmer has really fell off a cliff. He\u2019ll be back, I have no doubts.<\/p>\n<h2>Palmer\u2019s 5-a-side team<\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HIOmyufWwAEkW6i?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Palmer is good friends with centre back Tosin Adarabioyo at Chelsea, and it looks like he has favoured his pal in his 5-a-side team picks, as you can see in the above image.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer names his Chelsea\u2019s 5-a-side team:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy 5-a-side team would be Tosin, Reece, Lavia, because when he\u2019s fit is the best ever, Jo\u00e2o Pedro and Steve (Estev\u00e3o).\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>In other news today<\/h2>\n<p>Como\u2019s Jacobo Ramon is being linked with a number of top clubs, and Chelsea offer him a chance to start pretty quickly, putting them ahead of other possible options.<\/p>\n<p>Mathis Eboue is a name we\u2019re going to hear more and more about as he gets closer to the first team at Chelsea. And there is some Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo chatter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON<span> <\/span>THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p rsni-lv=\"1\"><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Cole Palmer<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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