Football fans have joked Cole Palmer was posing like he was part of The Inbetweeners during the photoshoot to launch Chelsea's new home kit o Friday
17:37, 16 May 2025
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Cole Palmer has "posed like The Inbetweeners" for Chelsea's photoshoot during their home kit launch.
The Blues launched their home kit for the upcoming 25/26 season on Friday (May 16) - but fans were too distracted by Palmer to pay attention to the new strip.
The Englishman was stood, with his legs crossed, in what appeared to be a cafe - which also resembled a school classroom. Palmer was wearing the long sleeve version of the kit, with some wide black trousers and black shoes.
And it didn't take long for fans to compare it to a school uniform. With one cheeky fan sharing the snap alongside a photo of The Inbetweeners cast - a UK comedy where the main characters often wore their blue school uniform.
"It can’t just have been me that saw this," a second said, also sharing a picture. While a third joked: "All I see when I see that kit..."
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"This team never has a good home kit," a fourth sighed. As a fifth commented: "What is it with teams announcing new kits wearing trousers and shoes?"
And another added: "Why do they never wear the full kit in kit shoots anymore?"
It's been a tough end to the season for Palmer, who has started to struggle in front of goal in recent months. "For sure it's a mental thing, it's not tactical or technical," Enzo Maresca said earlier this month.
"Cole is still the player who scored 14 goals in 20 games. The style is the same, the manager is the same, the club is the same. Nothing has changed around Cole. It's just mentally in this moment.
"You can see he's a little bit worried because he wants to help the team. You can see he's struggling a bit on that. But he showed how happy he was after Fulham. It's just a matter [of whether] we can win games. For sure he's going to score goals.
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"If you go back game by game, he had at least every game one or two chances, so it's not about how the team is playing."