Alan Shearer sends Nottingham Forest £150m warning ahead of Chelsea clash

Cole Palmer has been in sensational form for Chelsea in recent months and Alan Shearer believes he is now worth more than £150m

Alan Shearer believes that Chelsea's Cole Palmer could be valued at nearly £150m if the club decides to sell him. Palmer has continued his impressive form from last season, delivering a string of outstanding performances and Nottingham Forest are next in his sights.

His record-breaking four first-half goals against Brighton on Saturday earned him a nomination for September's player of the month. Shearer, the Premier League's all-time leading scorer, thinks Chelsea could easily triple the £42.5m they paid to Manchester City 13 months ago.

Shearer praised Palmer, saying: "We seem to be talking about Cole Palmer quite often these days, which is great for him and for Chelsea because he's a phenomenal talent and takes everything in his stride. Nothing seems to affect both his ability or his attitude."

"He uses that arrogance in a brilliant way, the confidence and the belief in himself, but then for him to pull it all off is superb."

"When he scores the number of goals he has done at Chelsea, and to become the first player ever to score four goals in the first half of a Premier League game, it just shows the heights he could reach.", reports the Mirror.

Speaking about a young football star's recent performance, Alan Shearer told Betfair: "I thought he was going to join the list of players to score five goals and perhaps he should've but he's an incredible talent. It looks as if Chelsea have got him for a snip as well."

He added with emphasis on the value for money Chelsea has seemingly achieved: "There were eyebrows raised when they paid that amount of money for him but now it looks to be incredible business because if he were to be put on the market now, you can imagine that price tag being north of £130million-£140million."

Shearer agreed, although not entirely, with Jamie Carragher's comments on Cole Palmer's form, saying in his Betfair interview: "It's hard to argue with Jamie Carragher who said Cole Palmer has been the best player in the Premier League over the last 12/13 months."

However, he didn't forget another young talent as he continued: "But then Phil Foden won Player of the Season last year, so he did something special as well. Having said that, Phil hasn't had a run of games yet this season so I wouldn't argue with what Jamie Carragher said necessarily, but there are several other contenders. Cole has been phenomenal and outstanding."

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