Ferdinand says Palmer 'nowhere near as good' as Bellingham despite more goal contributions this season

Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer has more league goal involvements (21) than Jude Bellingham this season.

Despite Palmer's impressive record, Rio Ferdinand believes the youngster is not even close to Bellingham in terms of quality, despite doing it in a much more underperforming team.

“I think it’s under 21 years old, he’s got the most goal involvements over Jude Bellingham in Europe. It’s a fact, he’s doing it, he’s doing it.

“I’m not saying he’s better than Jude. He’s nowhere near as good as Jude in my eyes.

"For every one goal that Jude scores, most other clubs it’s probably three or four goals it counts as, you know what I mean? Because it’s Bernabeu, it’s at the Bernabeu, it’s at Real. It’s different.”

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