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New Blue's boss Xabi Alonso believes that Cole Palmer is a special player and is backing Chelsea's No 10 to find his best form under his Tutelage Xabi Alonso unveiled as Chelsea's new manager  Xabi Alonso was unveiled as to the worlds media as Chelsea's new manager for the first time with the Spaniard taking the opportunity to praise the 24 year old talisman Cole Palmer pointing to his amazing quality, which Alonso has said has been on show even in the first few training sessions that the pair have had together.  In a season which was disrupted through injury Palmer showed signs of being at his best at times , with his most noticeable moment being his brilliant hattrick against Wolves with him becoming the first player  in premier league history to score hattricks on three separate occasions.  Alonso is aware of his tasks will be to bring out the best in Palmer,  When asked about Palmer Alonso responded by saying "I have seen quite a bit of him in the few traini...

Reece James believes that he has learnt a lot from the difficult experiences of his injury problems and feels that he is able to put those troubles behind him now. The Blues skipper also explains his thoughts on Cole Palmers return to the pitch and explains why this is such a big boost for Chelsea.  Chelsea's Reece James celebrates a goal  The Chelsea skipper spoke ahead of tomorrow's trip to the south coast to face Bournemouth in the premier league, where the Blues hope to return to winning ways after seeing a 7 game unbeaten run come to an end with a 3-1 midweek defeat away at Leeds United.  James missed the midweek defeat at Elland Road, however shone playing in a midfield role during Chelsea's 1-1 draw at home to Arsenal and insists that he has no preference as to whether he plays in the midfield or in his familiar full back position.  When asked about this the James said " I don't really have a preference to be honest". I've played so much in both pos...