Cole Palmer’s ‘One Weakness’ according to Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Former England coach Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has claimed Cole Palmer has just one weakness as he lavished praise on the Chelsea star.

Hasselbaink worked with Palmer in his capacity with the Three Lions in the build-up to and during Euro 2024 as part of Gareth Southgate’s coaching set-up.

Palmer failed to make a start at the tournament but came off the bench in five of England’s matches.

His netted a superb equaliser in the final against Spain as the Three Lions came up short in a 2-1 defeat.

It followed his superb displays for Chelsea, where he scored 27 goals and provided 15 assists in all competitions.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink worked with Palmer during the England set-up at the Euros

Hasselbaink hailed Palmer as an exceptional talent, but claims the star has one weakness

The Blues star has continued his form this season with 11 goal involvements in 10 matches, including scoring four goals in one half against Brighton.

Hasselbaink has labelled Palmer as a ‘street footballer’, but claimed he still needs to work on one area of his game

‘Cole Palmer is among the best players in the world when he’s in the zone, whatever he tries to do works,’ Hasselbaink told BoyleSports.

‘He plays on feeling and it’s working. He’s an exceptional player. He’s an exceptional talent. He doesn’t need a lot of maintenance and he just wants to play football.

‘He reminds me of a street footballer from back in the day, I was afraid that they were going out of the game but he has brought that back.

‘The only weakness you can say he has is heading the ball, but he can pass, score, assist and take free-kicks. He is exceptional.’

Hasselbaink claimed the Chelsea star still needs to work on his heading on the training pitch

Palmer will be hoping to help Chelsea bounce back from their narrow 2-1 defeat to Liverpool last weekend.

The Blues will return to Premier League action against Newcastle on Sunday at Stamford Bridge, after earning a 4-1 win over Panathinaikos in the Conference League in midweek.

Chelsea are sixth in the Premier League heading into the fixture having earned 14 points from eight matches.