Chelsea's co-sporting directors, Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley, have provided a detailed explanation as to how they managed to convince Manchester City to sell Cole Palmer for just £42.5m in 2023. The player himself apparently needed little convincing.

Chelsea's co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley have backed Cole Palmer to win the Ballon d'Or in the future.

Cole Palmer has been backed to become a Ballon d’Or winner by the two men responsible for taking him from Manchester City to Chelsea. In an exclusive interview with Telegraph Sport, co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley reveal for the first time how they took Palmer to Chelsea from Premier League champions City in a deal worth