Cole Palmer is set to become the first player in 14 years to win the golden boot for Chelsea if he continues in stunning form. Palmer is having an outstanding season for Chelsea despite the club enduring a miserable campaign to date. His goals yesterday sees him join a short list of players who have scored FOUR goals for Chelsea....CONTINUE READING
The scoring season he is enjoying has also seen him break several statistics in his first season at the club. His feats put him in the same conversation as a number of Chelsea, and Premier League greats.
Palmer is set to become the first player in 14 years to win the golden boot for Chelsea since Drogba in 2009/10.
So, who are the last players to win the golden boot for Chelsea in the Premier League?
Didier Drogba picked up his second golden boot award for Chelsea in the 2009/2010 season. He also reached 100 goals for Chelsea that season and picked up the league and cup double.
His 29 league goals that season was more than everyone else’s in yet another dominant Season for the Chelsea legend.
Nicholas Anelka stepped on when Chelsea talisman Didier Drogba got injured at the start of the season.
Despite being in his first season, he finished as the highest goal scorer, keeping the golden boot honors at Chelsea for the second consecutive season.
Drogba became the first Chelsea player to score 30+ goals in a single season when he hit 33 in 2006/07. Twenty out of those came in the Premier League and saw him finish as the highest goal scorer.
The Dutch international striker achieved a series of feats for Chelsea following his record move from Atletico Madrid.
He won his second golden boot in three years during his first season in Chelsea that saw him net four in Chelsea’s 6-1 demolition of Coventry.
Haaland tops the scorers list at the moment for scoring the most goals from open play, but he has Palmer’s cold breath breathing down his neck.
There are six games left of the season but palmer will hope to finally become the first player in 14 years to win the golden boot for Chelsea since Drogba in 2009/10.
