In pre-season I said stay because Riyad [Mahrez] has gone and he said 'no, I want to leave'. After two seasons, what could I say? He was asking for two seasons to leave.
He was asking for two seasons to leave. I said 'no, stay'. What could we do? I said many times, I didn't give him the minutes that he maybe deserved and wanted, the minutes he now has at Chelsea.
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino says he thanks City for allowing Palmer 'the opportunity to him to move to another club' and the forward is also grateful to his former club.
He always talks very highly about them and Pep. I think he understood perfectly that maybe for different reasons he wanted to prove himself in another.
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