Palmer urged by Guardiola to 'stay or be sold' last summer

Cole Palmer is having a sensational start to life at Chelsea after leaving Manchester City in the summer transfer window. The 21-year-old is excelling this season despite the Blues' poor results.
The English midfielder has scored eight goals and provided seven assists in 21 competitive appearances for Mauricio Pochettino's side. However, his primary intention was not to join Chelsea on a permanent transfer.
Palmer gave an interview to the 'Daily Mail' and spoke about his departure from the Etihad Stadium and how Spanish manager Pep Guardiola urged him to leave City permanently or stay with them.
"Initially I didn’t want to leave. I said I would go on loan and play for a year so I was ready for first team football more because I didn’t play a lot of minutes [last season]. But then Pep said 'you’re either staying or you’re getting sold' and, so yeah, I just got sold," he said.
The 21-year-old went on to add: "I was a bit confused why they wouldn’t let me go on loan but [then] I said I wanted to go to Chelsea and I’m glad it’s turned out the way it has."