{"id":297120,"date":"2023-11-13T10:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T10:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=297120"},"modified":"2023-11-13T10:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T10:24:28","slug":"micah-richards-admits-cole-palmer-devastation-after-chelsea-star-haunts-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/micah-richards-admits-cole-palmer-devastation-after-chelsea-star-haunts-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Richards admits Cole Palmer ‘devastation’ after Chelsea star haunts City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Micah Richards admits he is “devastated” that Cole Palmer no longer plays for Manchester City. The youngster came back to haunt Pep Guardiola on Sunday with a man-of-the-match display just two-and-a-half months after he left the Etihad.<\/p>\n

Chelsea signed Palmer from City on deadline day in the summer for a fee worth up to \u00a342.5million. His game time had been limited under Guardiola and saw the opportunity to move to Stamford Bridge too good to turn down.<\/p>\n

Palmer has had a fine start to life in west London, scoring four goals in his last five Premier League outings. That tally includes three penalties, with the latest coming deep into stoppage time against his old club on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old kept his cool to draw a dramatic game level at 4-4. Palmer has since earned his first call-up to the senior England squad after three players pulled out due to injury.<\/p>\n

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Palmer spent 13 years at City and made 41 first-team appearances. Richards says he would not have sold him if he were in charge but admits it was difficult to see a way into the City team on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

Richards said on The Rest Is Football podcast: “It\u2019s a good question because I would have never sold him, just because I knew what he could do. The thing is with Manchester City, they produce so many good players and obviously, they buy top players too, so you can\u2019t have everyone.<\/p>\n

“If you can get \u00a342m for someone that didn\u2019t play that many games… It\u2019s the courage I like. Can you remember a couple of weeks ago when he and (Raheem) Sterling were fighting over a penalty and he was like no, I am taking this.<\/p>\n

“To take a penalty in the 95th minute. I am gutted.”<\/p>\n