Dickov exclusive: Palmer v Grealish - did Man City make right choice?

Former Manchester City striker Paul Dickov is adamant there's no regret inside the club seeing Cole Palmer impress at Chelsea this season.

Sold last summer by City, Palmer has proved the big success story for Chelsea this campaign.

However, when asked if City are regretting sticking with Jack Grealish and selling Palmer, Dickov told Tribalfootball.com: I don't think City will regret selling him no matter how much of a great player he develops into, Cole wanted to go out there and play football.

"Unfortunately, I don't think he would be getting the same game time at City, he has got exactly what he wanted and City made money so it was great for both parties.

When you look at the competition at City, the likes of Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Jeremy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne, consistent game time would have been difficult, maybe even unrealistic, and he left with everybody's blessing at the club.

Palmer is an academy product and he wanted to play football. Pep has shown time and time again that if players want to leave and get more regular football, they won't hold a gun to their heads and keep them at City. There's a lot of mutual respect there between the boss and Cole. I'm delighted for him, it was a big move for him, a risk for him to leave City, to back his ability and go to Chelsea.

"He's turned himself into their main man, dragged them through games at times and deserves all the plaudits he's getting along with his England call-up."

- Paul Dickov was speaking to Tribalfootball.com on behalf of OLBG