Article 6YMX8 Cole Palmer’s Chelsea finally have the belief they are contenders for Premier League title | Jacob Steinberg

Cole Palmer’s Chelsea finally have the belief they are contenders for Premier League title | Jacob Steinberg

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Jacob Steinberg in New York
from US news | The Guardian on (#6YMX8)

Aggressive, motivated, extremely talented and now champions of the world, Enzo Maresca's squad have the confidence and real depth

When Chelsea won the Conference League in May, a victory secured by the standard ice-cold Cole Palmer performance in a final, the reaction was restrained and there was no internal talk of an impending title challenge. The vibe is different now. It is hard not to dream when Chelsea perform as they did against Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Club World Cup.

Nobody is getting carried away. Chelsea know what the rest of us know, which is that they are not the best team in the world. They are not the finished article. They are young and still have much to learn. Yet there is a gold badge on the shirt for the next four years and if Chelsea woke up feeling $100m on Monday morning it will not only have been because of the prize money made during their month in the US.

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