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Cole Palmer reveals the moment he decided to join Chelsea - as England star opens up on when he was nearly released by Manchester City

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Cole Palmer has opened up for the first time on Manchester City almost releasing him as a teenager and insists that he did not want to leave the club permanently in 2023.

Senior City academy staff were not going to offer the forward a scholarship, favouring his departure, only for director Jason Wilcox to veto the decision.

Mail Sport revealed the story in 2021 – with Palmer’s financial package and length of contract both significantly less attractive than his peers – and the England international has admitted that height held him back.

‘The coach had a different way of seeing it,’ Palmer said in England’s Lions: A New Generation on Prime Video.