{"id":23980,"date":"2025-09-25T01:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T05:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/chelsea-has-a-future-ballon-dor-winner-and-is-neither-garnacho-nor-palmer\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T01:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T05:41:26","slug":"chelsea-has-a-future-ballon-dor-winner-and-is-neither-garnacho-nor-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/chelsea-has-a-future-ballon-dor-winner-and-is-neither-garnacho-nor-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea has a &#8220;future Ballon d&#8217;Or winner&#8221; and is neither Garnacho nor Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/chelsea-has-a-future-ballon-dor-winner-and-is-neither-garnacho-nor-palmer\/#Chelsea_at_the_Ballon_dOr_since_2021\" >Chelsea at the Ballon d&#8217;Or since 2021<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/chelsea-has-a-future-ballon-dor-winner-and-is-neither-garnacho-nor-palmer\/#Chelseas_future_Ballon_dOr_winner\" >Chelsea&#8217;s future Ballon d&#8217;Or winner<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It was Monday&#8217;s Barondoor Ceremony, a mixed night for the Chelsea men&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>On one hand, the last 30 players only had one club representative, while on the other hand, Cole Palmer came in eighth place.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce never actually won a player award in the book, but like Frank Lampard and Gorguinho, they came very close.<\/p>\n<p>But the current team has players who managed to become the first Chelsea player while trading at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chelsea-at-the-ballon-d-39-or-since-2021\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chelsea_at_the_Ballon_dOr_since_2021\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Chelsea at the Ballon d&#8217;Or since 2021<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and football closures, there was no Barondoor ceremony in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>So the first ceremony in the 2020s took place in 2021 and was fantastic for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>With them being champions in the Champions League at that point, the Bruce had five players in the book, making it the final 30, with Yorginho third.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the 21\/22 season did not progress accurately, the presence of the West Londoners at the following year&#8217;s ceremony drastically reduced to one player in Antonio Rudiger.<\/p>\n<p>Things got worse in 2023. The youngster did not appear in the final ten of the Copa Trophy as one player from the men&#8217;s team was not included in the final list of candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Things have improved somewhat as Palmer ranked 27th last year and 8th this year. But in both cases he was the only representative of the men&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p>That said, there are certain young people in the current team who have a pure chance to win a Chelsea award. We are not talking about British people or recently signed Garnacho.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chelsea-39-s-future-ballon-d-39-or-winner\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chelseas_future_Ballon_dOr_winner\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Chelsea&#8217;s future Ballon d&#8217;Or winner<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So the first thing to say is, I don&#8217;t think Garincho is good enough to win the Baron de Or, but I have never shown us anything else to suggest Palmer Mite.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the British appeared on the finalist twice and appears to be back at his best.<\/p>\n<p>But in this example, we&#8217;re talking about another player who could become Estebao, Chelsea&#8217;s first winner.<\/p>\n<p>The West Londoners hit several other topsides in his signature in the summer of 2024, but due to his age he had to wait another year to formally join Maresca&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p>During his stay at Palmeiras, 18-year-old Wonder Kid accumulated an impressive tally of 27 goals and 15 assists in a total of 5,610 minutes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"\" align=\"\" summary=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Estebao&#8217;s Palmeiras Records<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>exterior<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>83<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Min<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>5610&#8242;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>the goal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>27<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>assist<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Involvement of goals for each match<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>0.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Per target involvement<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>133.57&#8242;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p><em>All statistics through the transfer market<\/em><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>In other words, he maintained average goal involvement every 1.97 games or every 133.57 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Such profit margins are very impressive for veteran attackers, but they come from teenagers and it comes from this world.<\/p>\n<p>It would go a long way when respected analyst Ben Matinson lends credit to the claim that the Franca-born gem is the &#8220;future Baron de or winner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the exploitation of his hometown, the dynamic winger has already looked dangerous in his short Chelsea career.<\/p>\n<p>Upon getting off the bench he was a constant threat and then provided a great assist for Joao Pedro during his first Premier League start with West Ham United.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, he already won seven senior caps in Brazil, where he won his first international goal.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Chelsea has a lot of great players, but I think Estebao could be his first time playing Barondoor or winner.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was Monday&#8217;s Barondoor Ceremony, a mixed night for the Chelsea men&#8217;s team. 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