Cole Palmer believes individuals will actually see how good forgotten man Romeo Lavia is subsequent season, with the Belgian lacking nearly the complete final marketing campaign by harm.
While Palmer couldn’t have dreamt of a greater season, issues couldn’t have gone a lot worse for Lavia following his summer season transfer from relegated Southampton.
The Blues beat off competitors from Liverpool to signal Lavia in a deal price £58m, however the midfielder solely performed 32 minutes in his debut marketing campaign at Stamford Bridge.
Palmer believes individuals will see how good Lavia is subsequent season
There have been excessive expectations for Lavia upon his arrival in west London, following a powerful season the place he stood out for a struggling Southampton aspect, notably in each video games towards Chelsea, because the Saints accomplished a double over the Blues within the 2022/2023 marketing campaign.
The Belgian will hope to play a way more outstanding function subsequent season underneath incoming boss Enzo Maresca, who he labored with on the Manchester Metropolis academy.
Palmer and Lavia performed collectively underneath Maresca within the Metropolis academy the place the Italian guided the under-21 aspect to the Premier League 2 title for the primary time within the membership’s historical past.
The Blues have a squad stuffed with younger expertise, however star man Palmer has picked out Lavia as one to observe subsequent season.
“One individual I’ve performed with [who is good] is Romeo Lavia,” Palmer instructed Sport Bible.
“We’ve not seen him this season as a result of he’s been injured for a full yr however I believe he’s one which, when he will get enjoying everybody will suppose, ‘Oh, he’s actually good.’”
Lavia will wish to put final season behind him rapidly, and will probably be determined to indicate Chelsea followers what he’s able to, and maybe Maresca, a supervisor who is aware of him properly will have the ability to extract one of the best out of the gifted 20-year-old.
