Cole Palmer ya bayyana cewa yana cikin mafi kyau na jikin da ya taɓa samu tun shekaru da yawa, kuma bai ɓata lokaci ba wajen barin ɗan lokaci mai wahala na 2025-26 a baya, yayin da Chelsea suka fara sabuwar ƙungiya a ƙarƙashin Xabi Alonso.
Dan wasan ɗan shekara 24 ya jimre da kakar da ta cika cikas bayan samu rauni a kugu wanda ya iyakance shi zuwa bayyanawa biyu ne kawai tsakanin Agusta da Disambar. Duk da kammala kakar da kwallaye 10 a Premier League, jerin wasa na kwallo ɗaya a wasanni takwas a ƙarshen kakar ya sa ya rasa matsayinsa a cikin ƙungiyar England don FIFA World Cup 2026.
"A jiki ina jin daɗi, watakila mafi kyau da na taɓa ji tun shekaru da yawa," Palmer ya shaida wa Sky Sports. "Kafin raunin ƙuguna na, ba na taɓa samun rauni ba — to, da ƙarancin yawa. Don haka ina komawa wasa lokacin da bai kamata ba."
Palmer ya yarda cewa FIFA World Cup 2026 da ta kasance a gabas ta sa yankewar zama a fagen daga ta zama mai rikitarwa ƙwarai. "Babu shakka Gasar Duniya na kusowa, don haka ina cikin cibiya," ya ce. "In ban buga wasa ba, ba zan tafi ba. Amma in na buga, ba zan iya buga yadda ya kamata ba. Yanayi ne mai ɗanɗano da wahala."
Ikon da Alonso ya ba shi
Palmer bai jira tsawon lokaci ba kafin ya nuna iyawarsa a ƙarƙashin Alonso, inda ya zura kwallo a wasan farko na Chelsea a Premier League — nasara 3-2 kan Fulham — kuma ya danganta wannan farkon mai kyau da 'yanci na kai hari da sabon manajinsa ya ba shi.
"Ya ce kawai zan sami ƙarin 'yanci na tafiya a filin wasa," Palmer ya bayyana. "A kakar da ta gabata, da ban ma yi wannan gudu ba saboda ba 'yankin aminci' ne ba. Amma yana cewa je ka cikin wannan yankin, sauka cikin wasa, zo ka taba ƙwallon, ƙirƙira kuma kawai yi abin da ka sani."
A lokutan wa'adin Enzo Maresca da Liam Rosenior, Palmer a wasu lokuta ya bayyana ana riƙe shi da tsauraran tsarin dabarun wasa. Sauya hanya a ƙarƙashin Alonso ya bayyana ya ƙarfafa sigar dan wasan da ke da ƙarin 'yanci.
Batun 'JP Morgan'
Palmer, Joao Pedro, da sababben ɗan wasan Morgan Rogers duka sun zura kwallaye a Craven Cottage, inda ya sa magoya bayan su kira ƙungiyar uku 'JP Morgan.' Palmer, duk da haka, bai gamsu da laƙabin ba.
"Suna ne mara kyau. Muna buƙatar zuwa da wani abu mafi kyau da hakan," ya ce da dariya. "Ina tsammanin muna da cakuɗaɗɗen iyawar daban-daban. Joao zai iya yin komai kaɗan-kaɗan. Morgan yana da ƙarin ƙarfin jiki kuma ni na fi na fasaha, don haka ina tsammanin muna da kyakkyawan daidaito."
Magana kan laƙabi — har yanzu ba lokaci ba
Kyakkyawan bayyanar Chelsea a ranar farko ta sa wasu masu kallo su ɗaga batun yiwuwar ƙalubalen laƙabi na Premier League da ba a zata ba a wannan kakar. Gary Neville, yana magana a cikin Monday Night Football, ya nuna cewa ƙarfin Arsenal ya kasance babban cikas amma ya bai wa Chelsea goyon baya wajen neman matsayi na biyu.
Palmer ya kasance mai ɗaukar hankali batun da ya taso, yana jaddada cewa ɗakin wasannin bai yi wata tattaunawa game da laƙabi ba tukuna. "Ba ma ma magana game da shi ba," ya ce. "Ba za ka iya cewa tseren laƙabi har yanzu ba, mun taka wasa ɗaya ne kawai." Da aka tambaye shi ko yana ganin Chelsea na da ingancin ƙungiya don ƙalubale, amsar sa ta kasance gajarce ta da aminci: "Eh, ina tsammanin haka."
