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Cole Palmer IS the best player in the Premier League, insists Jamie Carragher - as he likens Chelsea star's impact to five-time Champions League winner

Jamie Carragher believes Chelsea ace Cole Palmer is currently the best player in the Premier League and felt he also deserved the title last season.

Palmer became the first player to score four times in the first half of a top-flight game after putting Brighton to the sword at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

The forward has hit the ground running this campaign and similarly impressed last year, having scored 27 goals and provided 15 assists in 48 appearances.

Since joining from his boyhood club Manchester City in a deal worth around £42million last summer, Palmer, 22, has not looked back and Carragher has even compared his impact to a five-time Champions League winner.