Cole Palmer to Man Utd? A 22-Year-Old, Two Desperate Empires, and the Global Theater of Absurdity
The gentle art of watching Premier League clubs court a 22-year-old Londoner who still looks like he’s borrowing his dad’s suit reached new levels of geopolitical absurdity this week. Cole Palmer—Chelsea’s resident smirk-wearing, left-footed chaos generator—has reportedly become Manchester United’s latest object of desire, a move that, on the surface, is about football but, beneath…